IHRPS Magazine

01/10/2023

Happy Independence Day Nigeria.
From everyone at IHRPS 🇳🇬

05/09/2023

... invest in humanity
Happy International Day of Charity

04/09/2023

A reminder to everyone out there!
Success is not a product of accumulated wealth but impact.
Video credit: Human rights radio

04/09/2023

Sanwo-Olu to cover medical care of a boy with missing intestines.

Recall that the boy’s mother, Deborah Abiodun, had pleaded with the governor to probe the disappearance of her son’s small intestines, which, according to her, occurred while the boy was receiving treatment at LASUTH

Learn how Sanwo-Olu provides medical care for a boy with missing intestines in Lagos State. Follow this heartwarming story of healthcare support.

02/09/2023

The reason why doctors are leaving Nigeria for a greener pasture. A case of medical negligence by Health Institutions.

02/09/2023

A mother in a viral video claims that her son's intestine is missing in what she suspect to be organ harvesting.
Stating how she took her son to a private and public teaching hospital for surgery, she's calling for help to save her son's life.
Video credit: Deborah Abiodun

Just In: A mother in a now viral video claims that her sons intestine is missing in what she suspects to be organ harvesting. Stating how she took his son for surgery in both private and government teaching hospital, she is calling for help to save his son. Deborah Abiodun, the…

01/09/2023

HPV: TO VACCINATE OR NOT? A CASE FOR INFORMED CONSENT.

Friends, relatives and clients are calling me to ask about the HPV vaccine that they are supposed to consent for their daughters to receive. Medical ethics requires, and its the right of parents, to be provided with truthful information such that they give an informed consent.

Human Papilloma Virus is a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). The selling slogan of this vaccine that "its a vaccine against Cancer of the Cervix" is false. This is a vaccine against an STD! Should we be teaching our children to take vaccines to prevent STD’s?

Whereas it is true that 16 of the over 100 HPV viruses are closely associated with Cancer of the Cervix, one can only contract HPV infection s*xually. Further, Cancer of the Cervix can occur without HPV infection.

On average, natural immunity heals over 90% of HPV infection within the first two years of HPV infection. Only 0.1% of HPV infections progress to cancer of the cervix and even then, this progression takes over 8-10 years.

In women who have s*x, a pap smear done every three years would pick up changes that can lead to cancer 8 – 10 years before the cancer develops. This allows for very simple and cheap treatment targeted at those affected long before the onset of Cancer of the Cervix. A pap smear done at leadt every 3 years from the first anniversary of the first ever s*xual experience is the best and most cost effective way of defeating Cancer of the Cervix. This is what the West used to eradicate deaths from Cancer of the Cervix long before the development of the HPV vaccine.

No vaccine is 100% safe, we always weigh and trade off risk versus benefit. Why would you risk the health of 99.1% healthy girls in an attempt to save 0.1% from Cancer of the Cervix when the pap smear would be sufficient?

In my personal opinion, no vaccine can compare to a natural cure rate of 99.9%! Neither is it necessary to take a risk with a vaccine for a s*xually transmitted disease that seems to be associated with premature menopause.

It is important to delink HPV prevention from the prevention of cancer of the cervix. There are cheaper and safer ways of dealing with cancer of the cervix than vaccinating ALL our girls.

At personal level, I have explained to my daughter that the best way to avoid ALL STD's is s*xual morality and I will continue to pray that she makes the best choices. I then wrote a formal letter to her school with clear instructions not to vaccinate her. After she is 18 and feels differently, she can make her informed choice.

Here is a link to a clip titled “Sacrificial virgins” made by parents of children injured by the HPV vaccine in UK.

I hope that after reading my opinion and watching the clip, you will feel empowered enough to make the best choice for your child.
https://vimeo.com/225838190?ref=em-share

Dr Wahome Ngare.

31/08/2023

Please ensure to do an integrity background check before you entrust your child with a caretaker.
IHRPS Magazine Say no to child absue!
Video credit: Channels TV

30/08/2023

IHRPS Magazine UNCENSORED!
Episode 2: Compulsory Treatment of Patients and Informed Consent

A dying person is entitled to the dignity of a human person. That is why Doctors still treat patients who have terminal diseases. The National Health Act (NHA), made provision for compulsory treatment of a patients. No patient should be sent back by health facilities for whatever reason including the reason of inability to pay. Patients have the right to autonomy of human person and the autonomy is such that before a doctor touches a patient for examination and treatment, the patient must give a nod. Doctors should not treat a patient without the patient’s informed consent. The law relating to the consent of the patient, S. 23 of NHA is so entrenched that no matter how foolish the patient is, no matter how beneficial the proposed treatment is, no matter how harmless the procedure might be, the doctor must obtain the consent of the patient because human being is made up of body and spirit. You don’t destroy the spirit in the process of saving the body.

30/08/2023

When a dog eats another, no dog is spared. This is a low income neighbourhood in Abuja, yet it wasn't spared. What right do you have over peoples' properties?

29/08/2023

IHRPS Magazine UNCENSORED!
Episode 1: The Rights of Patients and Health Care Providers