CENTRE for Water and Environment Development (CWED), an NGO, sensitised youths in Kaduna on Friday on climate change management, in […]
RCategory: Health
Health Minister commends skills transfer programmes of FMC Ebute-Meta
THE Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has commended the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute Meta, Lagos, for one of […]
Absence of vaccine heightens fear of monkeypox
TWO weeks after Brazil, India and Spain recorded their first monkeypox deaths days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared […]
Shehu of Borno reiterates commitment to sustained polio immunisation
THE Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Elkanemi has reiterated the commitment of traditional rulers to sustained polio immunisation. The Shehu […]
Health Minister commends skills transfer programmes of FMC Ebute-Meta
THE Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has commended the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute Meta, Lagos, for one of […]
The Truth About Dreadlocks
KEEPING of dreadlocks has been a universal practice that cuts across spiritualists of all faiths and backgrounds. For some people, the dread…
World Bank project disburses N102.4m to 8,475 schoolgirls in Kaduna
THE Kaduna State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, on Thursday began disbursement of N102.4 […]
Expert canvasses awareness on risks, benefits of ionising radiation
A medical imaging scientist, Dr Livinus Abonyi, on Thursday in Lagos called for increased awareness campaign on the risks and […]
Expert canvasses awareness on risks, benefits of ionising radiation
A medical imaging scientist, Dr Livinus Abonyi, on Thursday in Lagos called for increased awareness campaign on the risks and […]
Don frowns at dismal participation of women in politics
PROF. Joy Ezeilo, the Founder of Women of Aid Collective (WACOL), an NGO has frowned at the dismal participation of […]
UNESCO sensitises Ebonyi LGAs on school health education
THE UNESCO has embarked on sensitisation and advocacy visits to some LGAs in Ebonyi to promote school health education for […]
Lagos trains health workers on breast, cervical cancer screening
THE Lagos State Government has trained no fewer than 200 health workers drawn from 60 public health facilities, including the […]
Enugu State Govt, NULGE, NUT trade blame over LG workers’ strike
THE Enugu Government, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) have traded blame for […]
Gov Emmanuel inaugurates construction of 200-bed capacity General Hospital
GOV Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has commenced the construction of 200-bed capacity General Hospital at Oko Ita in Ibiono […]
Publish COVID-19, health security expenditure reports, stakeholders, NGOs to FG
HEALTH experts and critical stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to publish the 2020, 2021 and 2022 COVID-19 and […]
Exclusive Breastfeeding: Enugu govt stresses importance of first breast milk to new born
THE Enugu State Government has urged nursing mothers and women to ensure that every new born baby is exclusively breastfed […]
MSF begins inpatient treatment for malnourished children in Bauchi State
MEDECINS Sans Frontières (MSF) has begun inpatient treatment for malnourished children in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. This […]
Hepatitis B: Kwara Assembly tasks Abdulrazaq on availability of vaccine
THE Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday urged Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to make Hepatitis B vaccine available for people to […]
Gynaecologist stresses importance of family planning
A Benin-based Gynaecologist, Dr Peter Osas, has advised couples to plan the birth of their children for healthier lifestyle, financial […]
Trial Census: NPC lauds cooperation of Plateau community leaders, security agencies
National Population Commission (NPC) in Plateau has lauded security agencies and community leaders in the nine Enumeration Areas (EA) of […]
President Buhari hosts new NMA Exco
…says FG disburses N100bn to indigenous pharma manufacturers THE Federal Government has disbursed a total of N100 billion to indigenous […]
34,000 vulnerable persons have access to free healthcare in Zamfara, Matawalle
GOV. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says 34,000 vulnerable persons have access to free healthcare under the state government’s Basic Healthcare […]
UHC: FG to continually evaluate health insurance – Minister
THE Minister of State for Health, Mr Ekumankama Nkama, says the Federal Government is committed to continual review of health […]
Troubled Nigerian youth and increasing menace of rape, incest
ALTHOUGH high youth unemployment, police brutality, poverty are commonly listed as some of the problems of the Nigerian youth…
FG disburses N100bn to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers
THE Federal Government has disbursed N100 billion to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare investors as loans to expand their capital […]
UNFPA, GAC to begin free fistula surgeries in Sokoto
THE UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Sokoto State Ministry of Health, and Fistula Foundation […]
NGO expresses concern over kidney disease in Yobe
SPOTLIGHT for Transparency and Accountability Initiative, an NGO, has expressed concern over what it describes as “prevalence of kidney disease […]
Ondo, Edo, Bauchi account for 10 new Lassa fever cases —NCDC
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Ondo, Edo, and Bauchi States accounted for 10 new additional Lassa fever […]
GBV: 2 NGOs sensitise over 400 families in Ogun in 5 months
THE Gender Development Initiative (GDI), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Tuesday said that in five months, it had sensitised over […]
FG launches Scales 3.0 strategy for Covid-19 vaccination, PHC services
By Anthony Isibor. THE Federal government of Nigeria has launched Scales 3.0 strategy for Covid-19 vaccination, PHC services across the […]
Enugu beats 35 other states in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria
AN international, non-partisan, non-profitable, advocacy and campaigning organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease particularly in Africa through public […]
670 cases, 4 deaths recorded as Monkeypox hits Lagos, FCT, 22 others
A total of 157 confirmed cases and 413 suspected cases of monkeypox have so far been reported from 25 states […]
NCDC reports 24 new cases of monkeypox in one week
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 24 additional monkeypox cases in seven days from across 12 states […]
LUTH to perform first bone marrow transplant as it marks 60th anniversary
THE Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH has announced the readiness to perform its first bone marrow transplant for the cure […]
Brace up to 2023 national census—NPC chairman tells ICT trainees
ALHAJI Nasir Kwarra, the Executive Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC) has advised trainees on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to […]
Nigerian-trained nurses top list of foreign medics working in UK with 4,722
WITH 4,722 Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives, the country tops the list of United Kingdom’s (UK) newly registered medics over the […]