Health

Cholera Outbreak Claims Lives of Seven Children in Delta State Cholera Outbreak Claims Lives of Seven Children in Delta State Seven children have sadly died from a cholera outbreak affecting eight local areas in Delta State. Dr. Joseph Onojaeme, the Delta State...

A new initiative has been launched with the aim of accelerating the development and availability of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine candidates against human avian influenza (H5N1). The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), made this...

More than 50,000 people in Kogi State have HIV/AIDS. This information was shared by Ibrahim Anate, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Kogi State Agency on HIV/AIDS (KOSACA), in Lokoja on Monday during a meeting with important community members. Anate said...

There is concern in government quarters in Ondo State following the discovery of a peculiar strain of hepatitis infection among patients. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Simidele Odimayo, made the indication in Akure on Saturday on the...

Orodata Science, a civic technology organization, is set to launch a tool designed to improve transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system. The organization announced this in a statement issued on Friday, in which it indicated that the platform...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new unit known as the Sector Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit (SCO-PMU) to oversee funds allocated for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII). According to a statement...

House members have pledged to provide legislative support to address funding challenges facing the nation’s blood services system. This was revealed by Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Specialized Healthcare, Lawan Shettima, during a panel discussion aimed at fostering...

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that despite significant progress in developing effective treatments for neurological disorders, gaps remain in treatment. The WHO said in a statement on Monday that more than 75 percent of...

The Nigerian government has organised a series of activities to mark this year's World Breastfeeding Week, which aims to promote public awareness and support for breastfeeding. This is stated in a statement issued on Monday by the Ministry of Health...

A blood bag is hung on a wall, its contents trickling through an intravenous line into Sadiya Ibrahim’s right arm as she lay almost lifeless on a raffia mat. The pregnant woman occasionally raises her frail hand to swat...