The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has found more people getting sick from a disease called Lassa fever in week 39 of 2024. Two states, Ondo and Edo, reported nine new cases.
The NCDC shared this news on their...
The Nigeria Optometrist Association (NOA) says that many kids around the world struggle to see clearly because of vision problems they don’t know they have. This problem is called uncorrected refraction error.
Recently, NOA launched a program to check children’s...
As Mpox cases surge in Africa, with 35,525 cases and 996 deaths reported as of 8 October in 14 countries, including Nigeria, Newslodgesat down with Eduardo Celades, the Chief of Public Health for UNICEF Nigeria, to discuss the...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 99 new suspected and confirmed cases of Lassa fever between September 23 and 29.
From January to September, the latest situation report shows that a total of 8,411 suspected...
World Sight Day is a special day to think about our eyes and take care of them. It happens every year in October. This year, on October 10, doctors said it’s very important to check our eyes early if...
Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Pate has said that protecting children from visual impairment is crucial to the national goal of ensuring quality health for children.
According to him, there is a need to expand access to...
As part of efforts to improve healthcare in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Health and Welfare has urged health agencies and tertiary health institutions to focus on government health priorities.
These, in part, include infrastructure improvements, access to essential care,...
The United Nations Children’s Fund, known as UNICEF, shared some important information. They said that 75 out of 100 new cases of HIV in teenagers around the world happen in girls.
Celine Lafoucriere, who works for UNICEF in South West...
The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency said on Thursday that one death has been recorded among 86 suspected cholera cases.
This was revealed by the Director of Public Health, Hamza Ibrahim -Ikara, in an interview with the News Agency...
Nigeria has recorded six new confirmed cases of Mpox with no deaths recorded across the federation in week 39, which covers September 22-29.
This was revealed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in its recent status report on...
