Healthcare

Advanced Neonatal Centre Opens in LASUTH The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital now has a centre for advanced neonatal Studies. A statement by LASUTH on Saturday revealed that the...

International Cancer Control Elects Zainab Bagudu President The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) on Tuesday announced the election of Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu as its president-elect for the...

FG Unveils Framework for Nationwide Nutrition Programme Vice President Kashim Shettima has unveiled a comprehensive framework for a nationwide nutrition programme on Tuesday, aimed at tackling malnutrition and...

PUBLIC HEALTH: NAFDAC Destroys N10bn Worth of Harmful Products in Gombe The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday destroyed various categories of...

Borno Flood: Govt Receives 600,000 Cholera Vaccine Doses to Combat Outbreak Nigeria received 600,000 additional doses of the cholera vaccine on Tuesday to help control an outbreak in...

Let the Stigma Against Menstruating Women Stop, Please By Rabi Ummi Umar Nature bestows unique characteristics upon creatures of all species. For humans, and particularly women, one such...

HEALTH ALARM: Exposing the Dangers of Non-Tropical Diseases By Aishat M. Abisola The heavy rains in Nigeria over the past few months have led to significant flooding, especially...

Marburg: Rwanda Launches Vaccination Campaign To Curb Outbreak The Rwandan Ministry of Health has announced that a vaccine against the Marburg virus has been administered to citizens to...

Reproductive Health Experts Bemoan High Maternal Mortality Rate in Rural Areas According to reproductive health experts and activists in Nigeria, most rural communities face significant barriers when it...

Katsina Spends N3bn on Healthcare in 10 Months Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Radda, has revealed that as part of efforts to reposition the health sector, his administration,...