Category: Health

Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the UN children’s agency said on Friday, including one of the world’s richest nations,…

Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control have arrested one Goodluck Nwadike in Kano for storing falsified and substandard Tetanus Vaccines. According to the agency’s Director-General,…

No fewer than 15 persons have been confirmed killed by the deadly Lassa fever in Ondo State between January and February 2019. It was also revealed that the disease had…

Eniola Olayemi   Lagos State DNA & Forensic Centre (LSD&FC) has received the ISO/IEC17025:2017 accreditation by the American Association for Laboratory Acc, lreditation (A2LA) for forensic DNA testing. This followed…

A   medical practitioner, Dr. Mercy Luka  has called for effective training and proper monitoring of activities of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) to mitigate cases of maternal and child mortality. Luka…

Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service have stopped Port Health Service from operating at the departure side of the Nigeria-Benin Republic border in Seme, reports the premier newspaper Our correspondent who visited…

  African business leaders have been urged to give the health sector priority in helping to contribute to the development of the sector, with various heads of government supporting the…

The unexpected news of the postponement of Saturday’s elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission can trigger some emotional, mental and physical health challenges among Nigerians, expert has said. A mental…

Dr Liasu Ahmed, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, has appealed to health workers in the centre to allow Lassa fever patients receive medical treatment.…

At least 99 people have died and scores have been hospitalised in northern India after drinking toxic alcohol, triggering a crackdown against bootleggers, officials said Monday. News of the deaths…