FG launches rapid result initiative for better health
The Federal Ministry of Health has launched Rapid Result Initiative programme tagged “Better Health for all” designed to produce quick…
NAFDAC confiscates trailer load of counterfeit drugs and chemicals
Operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have confiscated a trailer load of counterfeit…
Persistent hoarseness in voice, early warning for cancer —Expert
An Ear, Nose and Throat expert, Professor George Nwaorgu has asked that Nigerians pay adequate attention to persistent hoarseness in…
‘Mosquitoes can transmit hepatitis’
Aside mosquitoes simply irritating with buzzing sound in the ear and spreading malaria, a Pathology expert, Professor Thamradeen Junaid has…
FG launches rapid result initiative for better health
The Federal Ministry of Health has launched Rapid Result Initiative programme tagged “Better Health for all” designed to produce quick…
Dieticians petition National Assembly over controversial bill
The Institute for Dietetics in Nigeria (IDN) has petitioned the Senate President and the National Assembly over the passage of…
Anambra launches health insurance policy, free eye screening
Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has announced the launch of a Public-Private-Partnership driven health insurance policy for citizens…
How to solve Nigeria’s health problems —Adewole
AS dignitaries celebrate the life and times of Professor Joshua Adeniyi, the pioneer dean of the Faculty of Public Health,…
Justifying Nigeria’s investment into pneumococcal vaccine may be difficult —Expert
Global Director Scientific Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Belgium, Professor Richard Adegbola has expressed concern on Nigeria’s ability to justify inclusion of…
Kogi govt wins World Bank health project
The Kogi State Government has been awarded $1, 500, 000 by the World Bank to meet set health targets. The…
WHO regional director for Africa visits Nigeria, pledges to support health agenda
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti has pledged to support the Nigerian Health…
Viral hepatitis ‘kills as many as AIDS or TB’
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches AIDS or tuberculosis(TB),…
Diversity in TB bacteria hinders rapid diagnosis in West Africa
Worldwide, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is responsible for the vast majority of tuberculosis (TB) cases. However, there are several other closely…
Why Nigerians will continue to die from kidney failure — Salako, NAN president
President, Nigerian Association of Nephrology (NAN), Professor Babatunde Salako, had decried the gap in the health system for kidney disease…
‘Doctors also contribute to medical quackery’
Practicing Doctors in Oyo State have been charged to checkmate medical quackery in the state given its implication on their…
Why FG should prioritise heart problem enlightenment, treatment— Don
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre, Babcock University Hospital, Ilisha-Remo, Ogun State, Professor Kamar Adeleke has…
Fidson set to reward brilliant kids with Astymin brilliance reward
Riding on the success of previous editions and its impact on children’s academic development and performance in the last five…
Ministry embarks on HIV/STIs sensitisation in Alimosho communities
Following research results by AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria (APIN) in February 2016 ranking communities in Alimosho Local Government Area at…
Communication gap cause of attitudinal problems in medical staff – CMD LASUTH
Professor Wale Oke, the Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), has blamed poor communication as the cause…
‘Family planning, key to achieving SDGs’
Chairman, Advocacy Network of Nigeria, Alhaji Salahuddeen Busairi has urged that family planning be a concern of all, indicating that…
