The House of Representatives has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) in its efforts to provide quality cancer care for Nigerians.Chairman of the House... Read more »
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), especially women facing reproductive health challenges, particularly those dealing with cancer, fibroids, and adenomyosis, will have the opportunity to receive expert guidance at the Abuja... Read more »
Edo State Government has started cultivation of 3,000 hectares of farmlands across the three Senatorial Districts as part of its measures to guarantee food security in the state. Currently, the state has... Read more »
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning that dwindling global health funding is jeopardizing hard-won gains in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), a disease responsible for over a million... Read more »
Children under 15 accounted for 4.3 per cent of new and relapsed cases of tuberculosis in the WHO’s European region in 2023, 10 per cent more than in the previous 12 months,... Read more »
Pope Francis, 88, has been discharged from Gemelli Hospital in Rome following a five-week admission due to a serious respiratory infection that developed into double pneumonia. This health ordeal has been described... Read more »
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has issued a stark warning that 1.3 million children under five, suffering from severe acute malnutrition, face the risk of losing access to vital... Read more »
The Bauchi State House of Assembly has approved groundbreaking legislation that will provide free sanitary pads to female students in primary, secondary, and community schools throughout the state, addressing critical menstrual hygiene... Read more »
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed 357 individuals under surveillance following concerns that they may have been exposed to Lassa fever. This development comes after a 31-year-old... Read more »
The federal government has introduced new standards and guidelines for the establishment and coordination of organ and tissue transplantation services in Nigeria. This initiative aims to provide hope to patients while promoting... Read more »
President Bola Tinubu has approved a subsidy on kidney dialysis services for Nigerians, significantly reducing the cost from N50,000 to N12,000 per session. This initiative is being implemented across 11 federal medical... Read more »
No fewer than 461 persons are currently being tracked by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) over possible infection with Lassa fever, as the disease continues to spread across 63 local... Read more »
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a massive stockpile of falsified and unregistered pharmaceutical products in Idumota, Lagos. This was made known in a statement... Read more »
The Federal Government has said that Nigeria’s health sector has greatly improved so much so that it is now attracting patients not just from the West African subregion but also from countries... Read more »
The U.S. government, under an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump, has suspended funding for HIV treatment programs in Nigeria and other developing nations. The freeze affects the President’s Emergency... Read more »
The CIA has announced that it believes the COVID-19 pandemic “more likely” originated from a laboratory leak than a natural event. The CIA’s “low confidence” assessment comes after John Ratcliffe was sworn... Read more »
Respite seems to have come the way of Ndi Anambra, Igbos and Nigerians struggling with medical issues as Segofs Energy in partnership with Apex Hospital System has commenced construction of a World... Read more »
Joseph Aloba, the father of the late Nigerian artist Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has revealed that the family has conducted a private autopsy and toxicology test to determine the cause of... Read more »
The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, a global health emergency. The WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus made the announcement at a press conference in... Read more »
The Russian Health Ministry has announced that it has developed a cancer vaccine that will be distributed to patients free of charge in early 2025. The vaccine will reportedly be used to... Read more »