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Practice strict hand and food hygiene.

Avoid contact with rodents, the main carriers of Lassa fever.

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👨🏾‍⚕️ My People, Make We Talk Small About Stress and Body Health

Good evening my dear brothers and sisters. Na me, Dr. Now — Chukwudi Anozie. For more than 30 years, I don waka Nigeria from small village for Igala land go reach Lagos and Kano, treating people. Today, make we talk something wey dey worry plenty of us silently — stress.

😔 Stress dey show for body in different ways:

Headache wey no dey gree go.

Fast heartbeat like drum.

Poor sleep, too much thinking.

Even stomach wahala, like running belle or constipation.

For Igbo we dey say: “Udo ka ndụ” — peace pass life itself. If your mind no rest, body go soon complain.

💡 Wetin you fit do?

Rest well — even short nap dey help.

Drink water, not only Coke and beer.

Small exercise like walking fit clear your head.

Share your worries with person you trust. Yoruba talk say: “Eniyan laso mi” — people be our true cloth, na them cover us.

If stress still too much, abeg see professional. No shame dey for that. 💪

Remember my people, “Ruwa na lafiya, komai ya fi sauki” — with water and health, everything dey easier.

👨🏾‍⚕️ My People, Make We Talk Small About Infections Wey Still Trouble Nigeria

Good evening, my dear brothers and sisters. Na me, Dr. Now – Chukwudi Anozie. I don waka this our Nigeria — from small village for Igala land to big cities like Lagos and Kano — over 30 years now. I don see how infectious diseases dey worry families, young and old. Today, I wan explain am for simple way, so we go fit protect ourselves.

🦟 1. Malaria
This one na our number one enemy. Nigeria dey carry plenty malaria cases pass any other country.

Na mosquito bite dey spread am.

Prevention no hard: Sleep under mosquito net, clear dirty water for around house, and no delay to treat fever.
👉 For Yoruba, dem dey talk say “ti a ba ri ikoko idana, ka boju wo adiro” — if you see smoke, look for the fire. No ignore small fever, e fit be malaria.

❤️ 2. HIV/AIDS
HIV don reduce small, but Nigeria still carry heavy load.

Spread: Unprotected s*x, sharing sharp objects, or from mama to pikin during birth.

Protect yourself: Use condom, do regular test, and if you get HIV, take your medicine steady.
👉 Hausa proverb say: “Riga kafi magani” — prevention better pass cure.

😷 3. Tuberculosis (TB)

If cough dey hold you more than 2 weeks, abeg check am.

TB dey spread for air when person wey get am cough or sneeze.

Good news: TB fit cure if you take the full treatment.
👉 For Igbo we dey say: “Onye ajuru aju anaghi aju onwe ya” — even if people neglect you, don’t neglect yourself. Go test, no hide.

⚠️ 4. Lassa Fever & Viral Fevers

Every year, outbreaks dey happen for some states.

Rat urine or food contamination dey cause am.

Prevention: Cover food, keep environment clean, and handle sick people carefully.
👉 Pidgin wisdom: “Better soup, na money kill am” — good health no cheap, but prevention dey cheaper pass hospital bill.

🚰 5. Cholera & Diarrhea

Dirty water and poor sanitation dey cause am.

E dey kill fast through dehydration.

Prevention: Drink clean water, wash hands well, and seek care quick if diarrhea start.
👉 Igala proverb say: “Ojo k’ene le, anwu k’ene le” — what destroys one person can destroy all. Safe water dey protect whole community.

💡 My Advice:
Diseases no dey choose tribe or religion. But we get power to reduce am with cleanliness, early treatment, and looking out for one another.

My dear, remember: “If pikin wash hand, e fit chop with elders” — progress dey for who take care of himself. 💪

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