The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) last year (2022) noted the national average patient-to-doctor ratio in the country is 1:10,000. “Only one doctor is incredibly available to...
Dr Ugochukwu Chukwulobelu, Programme Manager, Anambra State Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Management, says the state ranks highest in Childhood Tuberculosis (TB) contribution in Nigeria. Chukwulobelu...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control, NCDC, has registered 79 deaths and a total of 1,336 suspected cases of cholera in the country so...
The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and...
A Nigerian traditional ruler from Ama-Inyi Community in Ihitte/Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Pharm. Emeka Ogbonna, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led...
The World Health Organisation said Nigeria had significantly increased its national Tuberculosis case finding by 50 per cent in 2021 using innovative approaches. The WHO Regional...
Former governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda has berated his former mentee, incumbent Governor Bala Mohammed over the number of doctors serving in general hospitals...
Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has cautioned Nigerians against continuous use of bleaching creams, saying it...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abia has expressed consternation at the failure of Abia government to pay salary arrears owed doctors who had been on...
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Prof. Tanko Ishaya, has received a DNA-based indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate, codenamed SJN3T CorVac, produced by a consortium of...
By Patrick Egwu Counterfeit medicines have killed thousands in Nigeria because manufacturers placed a higher premium on profitability than saving lives. But a digital technology by...
By Patrick Egwu ENUGU, Nigeria —- On a sweltering afternoon in January, more than a dozen women, clutching their children in their arms, sit patiently in...