Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has said his administration is determined to reduce maternal and child mortality in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised concerns over what it described as “increasing number of Lassa fever cases and fatalities, a...
The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday launched an appeal to raise $56.4 million over the next six months, echoing deep concerns over the scale...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has shut down 150 shops at Eziukwu Market in Abia State, over fake and expired...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that more seven million deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded in the past five years. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros...
The coalition of health sector unions in Lagos State on Wednesday began a three-day warning strike over non-implementation of adjustments to the Consolidated Health Salary Structure...
The Kebbi State Ministry of Health in collaboration with State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), has inaugurated rollout of malaria vaccination for children from five...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says nearly 30 million people living with HIV are currently on Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, while nine million others need treatment but...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the conviction of a 54-year old ‘fake doctor’ will strengthen the association’s work against medical quackery. Its first Vice-President, Dr...
No fewer than 1,160 patients were treated, as 25 persons die in gastroenteritis-related cases from January till date across 18 local government areas of Sokoto State....