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...
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...
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 Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services put together a five-day training session. This session is all about planning for the health sector in Yobe for the year 2025.
Dr. Babaga Kundi Machina is an important person...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, confirmed eight new cases of Mpox last week.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 48, out of 868 suspected cases, across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory...
The Abia State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (ABSACA) has advised churches, religious groups, and employers not to treat people living with HIV badly. Everyone should be treated with kindness and respect.
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Olufemi Olulaja, a health expert, is worried about Monkeypox spreading in Nigeria. Nigeria first had Monkeypox in 1971, but it keeps coming back. People have even died from it.
Olulaja, who also works with the Illinois Public Health Association, is...
Three years ago, Yobe was happy because there was no polio. But now, there are four new cases in three areas. This news makes many people worried.
On Saturday, Dr. Babagana Kundi-Machina spoke about it. He works for the Yobe...
Health experts spoke at an online meeting about how using birth control helps families. They said many Nigerians do not use it much.
The experts also noticed that lots of couples have more kids than they can take care of....
