The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Bauchi State chapter, says it has completed plans to fight drug abuse among young girls in the state. The Chairperson of the association, Rashida Yusuf, said this when she led the newly elected members of the association on a courtesy visit to the Zonal Manager of the News […]
An international, non-partisan, non-profitable, advocacy and campaigning organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease particularly in Africa through public awareness, among others, ONE Campaign, has recognised Enugu as the second highest performing state in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria for 2019-2021. Presenting the award of recognition to the Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary […]
Monkeypox, a disease endemic to West and Central African countries, can be transmitted through sexual intercourse, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned. This is as a medical virologist and immunologist noted that the disease is deadlier in patients suffering from other diseases. The PUNCH reports that Monkeypox, a rare disease that is caused by […]
The United States has no connection with the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Nigeria, the American embassy in the country has said. It explained that the U.S. government has continued to support Nigerian health authorities with technical assistance and funding to tackle disease outbreaks such as COIVD-19 and monkeypox, among others. An Information Specialist at […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said there are no specific treatments available for the monkeypox infection. The centre also urged Nigerians to take certain measures to prevent contracting the disease. This is just as the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, allayed the fears of Nigerians, saying the NCDC is doing […]
The Nigerian Medical Association, Oyo State branch, says it lost two of its members to Lassa fever within 72 hours. NMA chairman in Oyo, Dr Ayotunde Fasunla, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan. Fasunla said, “The NMA announces, with deepest regret and sorrow, the demise of two of our members from […]
Nigeria has reported fresh COVID-19 infections exceeding the 1,000 mark for the second consecutive day, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have shown. Giving an update on the outbreak of the disease in the country, the agency, in a Facebook post on Friday, revealed that 1,051 new confirmed cases were logged. The […]
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, said the $200 million funds widely said to be for the procurement of malaria net was in fact for the malaria eradication programme in 13 states. The minister disclosed this during a media briefing on the COVID-19 response in Abuja. Members of the Senate Committee on […]
The wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi, has advocated accelerated efforts for the elimination of cervical cancer in the country. The governor’s wife, who said that cancer remained one of the commonest killers of women in Nigeria, said statistics revealed that over 7,000 females were killed in 2020, with more than 12,000 new cases […]
Dr Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States. today, the WTO boss announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot. The proud mother took […]
