Health

1.2 billion people affected by world infertility – expert

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Mother Theresa Specialist Hospital and Fertility Center, Asaba Delta State Dr. Charles Eromosele Uhioh has revealed that 1,200 million people in the world suffer infertility. Expressing concern for the alarming rate of the health condition...

Maternal mortality: FMH, Swap Activate 56 Mamii Centers throughout the country

The Office of Coordination of the National Sector (SWAP) approach under the Federal Ministry of Health (FMH) has revealed that from 172 local government areas with more cases of maternal mortality, activated 56 innovation centers and initiative to reduce...

World Obstetric Fistula Day: MSF performs 4,931 free VVF surgeries in Jigawa

The Médecins Sans Frontières, doctors without borders (MSF) have performed free vesicovaginal surgeries (VVF) to 4,931 patients at the Jahun VVF center in Jigawa from 2008 to date. This was revealed by the Medical Activities Manager, the MSF project, Jahun...

Fungi that can 'eat from inside out' could extend as the world is heated – scientists

Scientists have warned that mortal fungi that infect humans and kill millions every year will extend to new parts of the world as world temperatures increase. The researchers from the University of Manchester, the United Kingdom, used computer models to...

Nigeria launches a larger oncological diagnostic center in West Africa

Nigeria will revolutionize his panorama of cancer attention with the establishment of the largest network of oncology and diagnosis of Western Africa. According to Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate, Minister of Health and Social Welfare Coordinator, in its Handle X, @muhammadPate,...

Don Canvssses Legal Framework for Cardiovascular Care

A renowned scholar in cardiovascular medicine at the Technological University of Apartake Akintola (Lautech), Ogbomoso, Professor Adseye Abiodun Akintunde, has charged the Nigerian government to develop and promulgate a legal framework for policies that will improve cardiovascular care in...

Nigeria pioneer sustainable health financing reforms, establishes a global reference point – Minister

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has reaffirmed Nigeria's commitment to sustainable health financing as a basis for achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Speaking in an event about the future of national financing,...

Soludo's wife advocates measles, rubella vaccination in Anambra

The wife of the Governor of the State of Anambra, Mrs. Nonyye Soludo has affirmed the importance of routine vaccination in the prevention and transmission of diseases throughout the state. Mrs. Soludo made the statement during a commitment meeting of...

Precise measurement of blood pressure, essential treatment for long -term survival for hypertensive patients

Nigerians have been told that when their blood pressure regularly and precisely measures, and by handling it through medicines and changes in lifestyle when high levels are detected, they can carry long and healthy lives free of hypertension complications,...

The Sokoto government approves the new health workforce policy

The Executive Council of the State of Sokoto approved a series of capital policies and project initiatives aimed at strengthening the health sector, improving security operations and accelerating infrastructure development throughout the State. Addressing journalists after the Council meeting, the...

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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...