WHO To Assess If Monkeypox Is An International Health Emergency
WHO To Assess If Monkeypox is An International Health Emergency
The WHO said Tuesday it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the...
World Blood Donor Day: Expert calls for national haemovigilance system
World Blood Donor Day: Expert calls for national haemovigilance system
A Consultant Haematologist, Dr Peter Ogundeji, has called for the establishment of a national haemovigilance system to ensure...
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by 2 years, researchers say
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by 2 years, researchers say
HEALTHDIGEST- Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two...
US approves first pill for treatment of alopecia
US approves first pill for treatment of alopecia
HEALTHDIGEST- The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a drug called baricitinib as the first oral tablet for treating...
Cholera kills 150 people in Cameroon
Cholera kills 150 people in Cameroon
HEALTHDIGEST- More than 150 people have died during a resurgence of cholera in Cameroon over the last eight months, the United Nations...
Aisha Buhari Launches N15bn Naval Officers’ Wives Hospital In Abuja
Aisha Buhari Launches N15bn Naval Officers’ Wives Hospital In Abuja
Yesterday, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the First Lady, had laid the foundation stone for a 200-bed Children and Women’s...
Ogulagha Community: Alarm Raised As Ocean Washes Away Houses
Ogulagha Community: Alarm Raised As Ocean Washes Away Houses
The residents of Ogulagha, which is a coastal community in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, are...
Pharmacists: Avoid Malpractices That Can Bring In Counterfeits
Pharmacists: Avoid Malpractices That Can Bring In Counterfeits
As Nigeria fights for an efficient pharmaceutical value chain, the Nigerian lady pharmacists have been charged with ensuring zero-tolerance for...
Ehanire: FG Committed To Ending Monkeypox
Ehanire: FG Committed To Ending Monkeypox
During the inauguration of projects that was executed by Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health...
Edo State: Anti-Lassa Fever Campaign Begins
Edo State: Anti-Lassa Fever Campaign Begins
Yesterday, Prof. Nosakhare Bazuaye, the Chief Medical Director of Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital (IUTH), Okada, Edo State, had called for there to...