Health

In what could be described as a war for market control, a new Reuters investigative report has exposed how the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, secretly carried out an anti-vaccine campaign to discredit the Sinovac vaccine, produced by...

On a quiet, frigid Sunday afternoon, Zainab Bala, a 24-year-old entrepreneur well into the third trimester of her second pregnancy, told the three women gathered in her home in Kano that she thought it was time to go to...

World Health Organization regional director Matshidiso Moeti has said blood donation in Africa remains low and continues to fall short of demand on the continent. African countries, he said, collect only 5.2 units of blood per 1,000 people, which is...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday offered free healthcare services to more than 1,000 residents of Kuje Area Council in the capital city. It was part of activities to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Democracy Day and the...

Nigeria has recorded 65 confirmed cases of cholera and 30 deaths between January 1 and June 11 in 96 local governments in 30 states, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The NCDC revealed this in...

The Lagos State Government has called for increased surveillance and precautionary measures following the death of five people from a suspected cholera outbreak in 48 hours. According to a statement on Tuesday, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi,...

Cholera is a deadly disease caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, associated with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water. But it has also been found in seemingly clean places, including wealthy neighborhoods, hotels and restaurants with...

When medical personnel in Africa’s most populous country flee overseas, there is a big problem. Who caters to Nigeria’s over 200 million population when less than half of registered doctors practise in the country and the larger percentage have...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a confirmed case of human infection with the avian influenza A(H5N2) virus detected in a resident in Mexico. This is said to be the first human case of infection with an influenza A(H5N2)...

The adoption of an indigenous midwifery initiative across the country will significantly improve maternal mortality in Nigeria, according to John Sotunsa, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He said this while speaking at the 49th inaugural lecture of Babcock University in...