Health

Medical doctors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have issued a 10-day ultimatum to relevant government agencies to warn of an impending strike by their …

Muhammed Garba The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to journalists, to avoid presenting reports in ways that may scare children from going to school or traumatize them into …

The Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) at Yobe State University, Damaturu, has collected 1,100 blood and biopsy samples in its ongoing Dementia Research Project — the first large-scale …

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa region, in collaboration with African Union Member States, have launched a Continental Cholera …

Musa Na Allah, Sokoto Religious clerics have been urged to play a more active role in educating their followers on the importance of spacing children, emphasizing that it aligns with …

To enhance the delivery of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) services in Kano State, the Kano State Agency for the Control of AIDS (KSACA), led by its Director General, Dr. Usman …

To curb the alarming rate of maternal and newborn deaths in Plateau State, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Ba’amlong, has inaugurated the Maternal and Newborn Mortality Innovative Initiative (MAMII) …

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Wednesday, decried the worsening Lassa fever fa­tality rate, which has climbed to a cu­mulative of 159 deaths, with a deadlier …

Rivers State Interprofessional Anti-Quackery Committee has sealed six illegal health facilities located in different parts of the state. The committee, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and signed by …

South Africa, home to the world’s largest HIV program, is grappling with the fallout of a $427 million cut in US support, raising fears of rising infections and preventable deaths. …