The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has begun a seven-day warning strike over the abduction of its colleague, Ganiyat Popoola, who has been held captive for eight months.
NARD President Dele Abdullahi announced the strike during a virtual emergency...
The World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kaduna State Primary Healthcare, and Zaria Local Government went back to Tukur-Tukur community in Zaria to give more vaccines for diphtheria, a disease which has already caused the death...
Two cases of monkeypox have been found in Osun State.
The cases were found in a place called Ilesa West Local Government Area.
On Monday, the Osun State Commissioner for Health, Jola Akintola, told people in Osogbo about the monkeypox. He...
The Osun State government said on Monday that two cases of monkeypox, known as M-pox, have been recorded in the state.
The State Commissioner for Health, Jola Akintola, said this during a meeting of the Monkeypox Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)...
The World Bank has set a goal of helping countries provide affordable healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030.
World Bank President Ajay Banga made the announcement in a statement, according to a statement posted Sunday on the website of...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the reappointment of Abdurrahman Sheshe as Chief Medical Director of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, for a second and final four-year term, with effect from December 5, 2023.
Mr. Sheshe, a professor, was first...
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has arrested 20 persons for open defecation in the Ojodu Berger area of ​​the state.
State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab announced the arrest on his X account on Sunday.
“During...
In light of the continued spread of Mpox across the continent, the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has written to all African health ministers calling for coordinated efforts to tackle the infection and improve testing methods.
In a...
The National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS has warned Nigerians to beware of the risk of contracting Mpox, a disease that is spreading across Africa at a rapid pace.
According to the agency's director general, Temitope Ilori, the risk...
