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...
The National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged journalists in the country to join the collective effort on the dangers of...
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has declared a State of Emergency on bleaching. NAFDAC said the decision was made after establishing...
The Ondo State Government says plans are on to address the acute shortage of health workers within the health system in the state. Francis Faduyile, special adviser to...
With the hot season advancing fast, Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Kaduna State, Dr Sheyin Madaki, has cautioned against excessive eating of ‘heavy food’...
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, weekend, decried the upsurge in brain drain in the health sector, saying the situation called for commitment by...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, says its members will not be embarking on industrial action. The association’s President, Dr Innocent Orji, disclosed this on...
Gombe State has recorded its index case of Lassa fever. Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, said in Gombe on Wednesday that the lady travelled to...
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has said that excessive fast can lead to kidney problems....
Dr. Edak Okwong, a Neuropsychiatrist at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Calabar, has disclosed that one out of every five Nigerian has experienced depression, adding that women...
The Federal Government has revealed plans to engage Nigerian doctors and nurses, who have migrated abroad and connect them with universities and hospitals in the country....