A recent investigation found that nearly all of the paracetamol tablets sold in Nigeria are possibly underdosed, falling short of the requirements specified by the British...
Guinea health officials have confirmed West Africa’s first case of Marburg, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. The...
The coronavirus spreading across the globe might never be eliminated, a leading World Health Organization official has said. At a Wednesday briefing, Mike Ryan of the WHO said...
The new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said...
The disease can be spread through mosquitoes and sexual contact. Health officials have confirmed what appears to be the first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the delisting of Nigeria from polio endemic nations by the World Health Organization (WHO) was made possible by...
Nigeria has made a vital step towards being declared polio free, after marking a year without a recorded case. It can now be taken off the...
The Federal Government, yesterday, announced the outbreak of lead poisioning in some villages in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, which has claimed 28 lives....
Efforts to control the Ebola virus in Liberia must be quickly and dramatically scaled up or tens of thousands of people will die in the coming...
South Africa says non-citizens arriving from Ebola-affected areas of West Africa will not be allowed into the country, with borders closed to people from Guinea, Liberia...
by Anuoluwapo Adebayo The World Bank Group on Tuesday pledged as much as US $200 million in emergency funding to help Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone...
