Oral cancer kills 700 Nigerians yearly

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire says 746 Nigerians die annually from oral cancer complications.Information Guide Nigeria

According to PEOPLES GAZETTE, the minister said 1,146 cases were diagnosed in the country annually.

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The minister who was represented by the head of the dentistry division of the federal health ministry, Gloria Uzo-Igwe disclosed this at a one-day oral cancer training on Monday in Abuja.

The minister expressed worries that most people were not aware of the devastating effect of oral cancer in the country.

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As reported by PEOPLES GAZETTE, Oral cancer is also called oral cavity cancer and develops in any part of the mouth. Its symptoms include a sore that doesn’t heal, a lump or a white or red patch on the inside of the mouth.NYSC Portal

The minister said, “We have a policy that we are going to launch in November on oral health. Our own is preventive, we go to communities, and we raise awareness,” he said.

He stressed that the policy target should be able to map at least 50 per cent of the population in the rural areas and ensure there were better professionals at the primary health care centres.

Mr Ehanire stated, “We are aiming at what we call a comprehensive centre. At least there must be a dental clinic comprising a dentist, therapist, and hygienist in a comprehensive centre, at least, in the three geopolitical zones of every state.”

In her presentation, Bukola Adeyemi of the University College Ibadan said over 1,000 cases of oral cancer were diagnosed every year and over 700 of that number died, “that means that over 50 per cent of people that are diagnosed die of oral cancer every year in the country,” adding “that is enormous because these are people that are very important to some people.”JAMB Result