Health

Recently, the Nigerian government confirmed the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country, including Lagos State. However, laboratory investigations and test results conducted in Lagos have confirmed that the current outbreak is associated with the subtype of cholera...

Following the outbreak of cholera in some states, the Ondo State Government has explained the measures it has adopted to curb the spread of the disease in the state. State Health Commissioner Banji Ajaka said on Monday that the state...

The Nigerian government has appealed to doctors in the country to resist the temptation to serve in foreign countries and work with the current administration to improve the situation in the nation. Vice President Kashim Shettima, in a recent meeting...

In a region plagued by poverty compounded by nearly two decades of violent insurgency by the terrorist group Boko Haram, the onset of widespread chronic kidney disease severely affects life expectancy. With chronic kidney disease (CKD) reaching epidemic proportions, the...

As Nigeria marks the 20th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day, the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has appealed to Nigerians to increase voluntary blood donations as the country faces a shortage of blood donations. Pate...

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...