Health

Joseph Okoeguale, Medical Doctor and Director of Viral and Emerging Pathogens Control and Research, Irrua Specialist University Hospital, Edo State, said Edo recorded 240 cases of Lassa fever and 21 deaths between December and March this year. Mr Okoeguale stated...

To address the growing threat of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Nigeria, the African Regional Coordinator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Sustainable Development Goals Tax, Saied Tafida, said Nigeria must adopt and implement fiscal policies that reduce alcohol...

Sure, let's simplify and rewrite that blog post – and I'll keep the HTML tags. --- Every hour, at least nine people in Nigeria die from malaria. This information was shared by Daniel Gbue, a media expert working with a group...

The Kwara State Government has urged women in the state to undergo regular screening for breast and cervical cancer to protect themselves against the diseases. The government made the call when it announced on Tuesday free breast and cervical cancer...

In one week, Nigeria recorded eight new cases of Mpox, but no deaths recorded, across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its website on Monday...

Sure, here's a simplified version of the blog post: The Enugu State Ministry of Health has said that the state is also dealing with the Cholera outbreak happening in the country. This was shared in a message by Professor Emmanuel Obi,...

On Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) certified Egypt, a country in North Africa, as free of malaria, marking the culmination of a nearly century-long effort to eradicate the disease. The world health organization, in a statement, described the event...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a situation in which infections become more difficult to treat as microbes evolve to resist drugs, can be linked to more than 64,000 deaths in Nigeria in 2019. Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Pate...

The big group of doctors in Nigeria, called the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), is upset and has given a warning. They said they will stop working in 21 days if their problems are not fixed. MDCAN...

Nigeria will receive its first shipment of the long-awaited malaria vaccines on Thursday, marking a significant step in the country's fight against one of its deadliest diseases. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) announced that the vaccine, known...