Health

In 2022, a heart-wrenching incident occurred in Odeyinka, a small community in Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State in south-west Nigeria. A pregnant woman, Bidemi, was admitted to the Odeyinka Community Health Centre, a primary...

Ahead of the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA), the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation, has highlighted the importance of the proposed pandemic agreement for global preparedness and response to future pandemics. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is also known as the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation...

Parenthood is considered a blessing in marriage, but the reality of achieving it depends on the couples' fertility status to have offspring. Due to various infertility problems, many couples are unable to conceive naturally except through special services...

Anastasia Ani crouches while pouring water into a bucket on the shallow bank of the river. Mrs. Ani removes the remains from the surface of the light green water with her plastic container while she fills her bucket. For...

When Sale Abdullahi developed symptoms, including severe headache, nausea, fever and vomiting, on 25 February, he had a test for malaria and typhoid which came back positive. Mr Abdullahi, a nurse anaesthetist at the General Hospital, Kafin Madaki, in Ganjuwa...

The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group, Tony Elumelu, has suggested allocating part of climate funding to address healthcare issues worsened by climate change. During a panel session at the Health Leaders’ Forum in Abu Dhabi, United...

The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group, Tony Elumelu, has said a total of 700 entrepreneurs have been empowered by the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) in advancing healthcare delivery in Africa. Mr Elumelu highlighted the innovative ideas of...

Members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have elected a new set of leaders to pilot the affairs of the association for the next two years. The association disclosed this in a statement issued on its website on Sunday. According to...

An illegal alcohol manufacturing factory operating in Badagry, Lagos State, has been shut down by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The agency, in a statement Sunday noted that its enforcement officers, aided by intelligence...

On 25 April, three West African countries = Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Benin – rolled out, in thousands, doses of an anti-malaria vaccine for infants between 5 and 17 months old. The rollout began five months after the World Health...