Almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single week in that region since the pandemic started, according...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians to stop the consumption of sodium (non-iodised salt) to prevent health complications. The Director-General...
Nearly 240 million children worldwide, or one in 10, live with disabilities and experience deprivation in indicators such as health, education and protection, according to a...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections continues to rise as 90 additional cases were registered with two deaths on Monday. The...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 120 additional infections of COVID-19 from 10 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with...
The Nigerian Senate has faulted the plans by the Ministry of Health to $200 million to buy mosquito nets for 13 vulnerable states. The permanent secretary...
Adherence to COVID-19 protocols of vaccination and wearing of facemasks would be compulsory as from Oct. 31, for anyone wishing access to any government office, the...
Victims of snake bite in Nigeria are faced with very slim chances of survival as the prices of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV) have gone up drastically, the...
About 86 per cent of all coronavirus infections in Africa go unnoticed, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday. The WHO puts the number of...
The president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Innocent Ujah, has said Nigerian doctors do not request for fees before attending to emergency cases because the...
A Nigerian physician, Dr Osahon Enabulele has been elected as the new president of the World Medical Association (WMA). Dr Enabulele, who was a former President...
The World Health Organisation has recommended the widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine to specifically fight high P. falciparum malaria transmission. The P. falciparum...