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Friday 20 November 2015

Nigeria's Consul General in SA warns against contact with corpses from South Africa

Nigeria’s Consul-General in Johannesburg, Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke, has warned Nigerians back home to be cautious while handling bodies of their loved ones brought in from South Africa. Ajulu-Okeke gave the charge following the increasing number of deaths from Tuberculosis and HIV related diseases in South Africa. She gave the warning while speaking to a body of Nigerian professionals who were in her office on a visit.

She said that her worry is stemmed from the fact that the Nigerians are predisposed to touching the bodies of their loved ones during the funeral rites.
"I am telling the Federal government, any Nigerian that dies here, bury him because all of them are coming home with TB and HIV and our people do not have the capacity to deal with it"she said
Also speaking, the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Medical Forum in South Africa, Dr. Emeka Ugwu, said
“I am in the know that in South Africa one of the leading causes of death is tuberculosis and HIV/Aids. So it will not be far-fetched to deduce from this that some Nigerians who are dying here may also have that statistics. Care needs to be taken from the health perspective, any dead body or any of such things could have serious health implication on the community and it could be transferred from one person to the other. If a dead body moves from here to Nigeria, it needs to be properly handled according to stipulated World Health Organisation objectives.”he said

61 comments:

Blog It With Olivia said...

Will keep saying this .....end time don dey reach... Things we hear this days... Na wa o






























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Unknown said...

Hmmmmmmmmmm tb and Hiv 4 SA nawa ooo

Davido's driver said...

Tx for info

STERN said...

Geez i'm so scared of South African girls..I don't even go near them.

Unknown said...

Okiie ma'am, thanks for informing us, you are working. Linda take note!

Bishop Dammy said...

In all be prayerful, , 100% consciousness and 100% prayers. Love your neighbour oo don't forget that part. John 3:16-17

Unknown said...

Okiie ma'am, thanks for informing us, you are working. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Let those that have ears hear.

edDREAMZ said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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And we are dying of poverty here... No where is perfect then.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Debbie Chelsea said...

They aff hear u

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Lol. Where I wan see dem na?

Kojevspin D Realist said...

Pls madam can u contact HIV or tuberculosis just by touching a corpse? Hmmmm Nigerians una don start.

Jules said...

Ok. Thanks for the info...

Anonymous said...

So TB n HIV can be transmitted in death?? Madam Ambassador.... think n talk scientifically pls

joyous babe said...

God will help us.

Anonymous said...

If you like, no go look for work. Day there day talk of end time. Wetin be your problem about this end time?

Ibrahim Bio Abubakar said...

TB n HIV ain't EBOLA ma'am, don't confuse 'em. One can't contact them from the dead.


Reporting LIVE from Mars.

Unknown said...

U wish

Unknown said...

Madame, pls do ur research before trying to pass false info to ppl.

Unknown said...

My thought exactly,this woman no filter the statements at all,u don't get TB n HIV by touching na choi

Unknown said...

Seriously! I was reading this and wondering if there is something about HIV which my teachers must have been hiding from me all these years.

Touching dead bodies is now a way of contacting HIV?
Please what brand of vodka did they serve during the said meeting???


Sincerely speaking the mind of Amadioha

Anonymous said...

What is the possibility of contracting these diseases from a dead body,madam u go school ne?

Anonymous said...

Kk noted

Anonymous said...

What has prayer got to do with commonsense in handling corpses in this matter. Naija and prayers. Commonsense seems to have gone out the window. Continue praying and touching ppl with tuberculosis rhn. Don't worry when you catch it. Pray. Dumbasses.

Anonymous said...

I swear I was thinking the same thing. What sort of rubbish advice is dat. Just adding fuel to the jib stigma. I work with HIV patients daily and I know you can't contract HIV simply by handling dem...not too particular about TB however so can't say. But common madam minister. You cannot contract hiv simply by handling the bodies. Wat a ridiculous advice. Mchew

Anonymous said...

She is absolutely right.

seyi crown said...

Watched the news yesterday...think the woman is high on something cos the way she was turning her head get as e bi... contracting HIV and TB by touching dead bodies?











Seyiliciois

Unknown said...

I wonder oo!!!

Chudi Origin said...

clamouring for another apartheid

Chudi Origin said...

Clamouring for another wàr

Chudi Origin said...

clamouring for another war

Anonymous said...

Stern u dis I never chop..how u wan date better babe..mumu "shey u don bath?

Unknown said...

Lol..

Unknown said...

Plz When deady body start to carry HIV!?.. I Thought when you're dead, the virus dies with u.. Abeg my biology teacher it's like u didn't teach me this subject very well..

Anonymous said...

It is not the HIV virus. The virus weakens the immune system that's all. It's the opportunistic diseases or TB that comes along if those living with the virus can contact that is to be avoided.
Magic Johnson is one celebrity living positively with the virus for many years. People still interact with him.

Anonymous said...

I taya o. It's ebola that has these issues even after death.

Anonymous said...

Me too. This woman is really high. Hahahahahahahahahah

Anonymous said...

Contact with the dead body is more of a transmission mode of the MRD tb. It's the severest form of tb with no known cure because of mutation of the bacteria over time to become high restance to the regular known tb therapy. Just so you know, your child hood BCG does not confer immunity to that infection and it is highly infectious with a high case mortality rate. Think about it like ebola so that our public health policies that worked to descalate ebola can be deployed in this situatuon

Unknown said...

God help us

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Anonymous said...

Nawa oooo
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Baddest Puta said...

World people which way?

Anonymous said...

You can't get HIV from a dead person but there are serious bacteria on such dead bodies! You guys are so ignorant, please! !!!

Comment frm ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (royalpriesthood007@gmail.com) said...

Oh!

Thank God for dis info which wil certainly go a long to mak sure d needful is done and prevented.

Comment frm ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (royalpriesthood007@gmail.com)

Anonymous said...

HIV/Aids, the virus that the whites allegedly created to wipe off the black race especially in places like US and SA where they wished to take control of. Pls check the statistics of the race mostly affected by this disease

Anonymous said...

Yes u can by being exposed to body fluids from the corpse

Anonymous said...

Hahahahahahaha too bad, I was told someone spreads this hiv each year in naija each time he comes back from the USA. Be careful ladies.....

Unknown said...

South Africa has been leading cause in sa since 1857 nawa ooh its well.

ary said...

Weee you keep kwayet?!

Anonymous said...

They need enlightenment.

Anonymous said...

Hahahahaha....abeg tell them oh.
Even the ugwu guy??? Choi!!!

Anonymous said...

If bubari sack them 2 now igbo go say na marginalisation of biafra..awon olodo!

Anonymous said...

Na the kind people wey gej appoint na....if pmb sacks them now,they will start yelling in the east.

Anonymous said...

madam think twice b4 u make comment

Arsenal said...

Madam talking without thinking.

Anonymous said...

She is so daft-disease are more contagious through blood contact; sexually not by touching dead bodies. Olodo

Anonymous said...

What else can you say apart from repeat one line ten thousand times. Na money you want to win abi? OK we don see you

Amacastel said...

Am ashamed of my country dt such ignorant duallard can held such post and some scientific terrible drs are listening to her without correcting her ma'am pls go and read abt HIV,Tb, their diagnosis, signs n symptoms, management, treatment n prognosis. The last time I check both ailment are not airborne disease, Tb have permanent cure of 3months regime, HIV has a lifetime mgt with the carrier living very healthy, If u must knw HIV is better than Diabetes cos in HIV u eat everything u want unlike in Hbp, Diabetes u r place on therapeutic meals. Shame on my country truly is a zoo animal kingdom

Anonymous said...

This woman should be sacked.
Such stupidity in high places.
Who appointed this illiterate?
I am ashamed.

Anonymous said...

This Ngene chick is so daft. See your mouth like, "end time things". Mtchew

Angie said...

Hmm... Pls make una leave our Madam oo.

Anonymous said...

You are a low life fool. Can't you comment with out being a tribalist. You that is intelligent i have seen your intelligent tribalist comment . I don't think you know that expose people are not tribalist . You are disgusting and s dullard

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