Health

Kogi Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, has begun complete dialysis services after the delivery of a state -of -the -art x -ray digitiser and a 4D ultrasound scanner, an important impulse for the provision of quality medical care in the state. Speaking...

Iron deficiency is "very common" among healthy and low -risk pregnant women, with a remarkably greater prevalence in the African continent. When a woman becomes pregnant, her iron requirements increase almost ten times to support fetal development, as well...

The Nigerian Red Cross Society has declared that, as part of its operations, it complements the fight against malnutrition in children U-5 in nine states in northern Nigeria. The dissemination was made by the national president of the Nigerian Red...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that a unified approach is crucial to address malnutrition in Nigeria, since a collective effort will help ensure a healthier future for children in the country. Shettima also expressed concern that malnutrition is depriving...

The president of the Food and Nutrition Committee of the House of Representatives, Hon Chike Okafor, raised Wednesday's concern that malnutrition in Nigeria is costing the country around $ 1.5 billion annually. This occurred as a special senior assistant of...

The wife of the governor of Oyo, Eng. Tamunomini Makinde, has led a sensitization rally in vaccines to save lives in measles, rubella for children between 9 and 15 years. The event, which is an initiative of the renewed hope...

Nigeria has requested greater action on non -communicable diseases (ENT) in Africa, citing the growing burden of these diseases in the socioeconomic development of the continent. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, made...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the recent decision of the federal government to deploy Nigerian doctors in Santa Lucía, describing the measure as a "deeply worrying contradiction" and an attempt to reinforce Nigeria's international image by neglecting...

The Health Commissioner of the State of Oyo, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, explained that the policies implemented by the state government in the health sector have led to the general improvement of the sector and also helped mitigate the effect...

It is the 21st century, but discussions about menstruation are still produced behind closed doors. Many women and girls feel uncomfortable discussing their related periods or problems due to the generalized culture of shame surrounding this natural process. Many women...