Health

Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, has said that the country can cater for its citizens’ health. This is despite the exit of the US Agency …

No fewer than twelve (12) persons have lost their lives out of 112 confirmed cases of deadly Lassa fever in Ondo State. Acting Statistician-General in the state, Olusola Ajayi made …

No fewer than 1,282 frontline health workers in Kogi have been trained to address the critical gaps in service delivery and improve health outcomes across the state. The training was …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the increasing number of polio cases in Kano State. UNICEF’s Kano Chief of Field Office, Mr Rahma Farah, raised the …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit pharmaceutical products, unwholesome processed foods, and unsafe cosmetics worth ₦4.7 billion in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In collaboration …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says the country has continued to grapple with the diphtheria outbreak. The NCDC, via its official website, said that a total …

 The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC) has said that it destroyed fake, expired, substandard drugs worth N4.7 billion in Rivers. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. …

As skin cancer cases surge among persons with albinism in Bayelsa, the Albinism Association of Nigeria (AAN), Bayelsa State Chapter, has sounded the alarm over a growing health emergency. Marking …

Musa Na Allah, Sokoto TETFund Center of Excellence in Urology and Nephrology Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto has successfully conducted a kidney transplant through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary …

The Nigerian government has approved an allocation of N4.5 billion for the procurement of HIV treatment packs to support Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS. The Federal Executive Council, FEC, gave the …