Fashola says 9.7m children die of measles annually
A medical doctor and field Epidemiologist with the African Field Epidemiology Network, Dr. Adebayo Fashola, on Monday revealed that...
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Why hot water bath is dangerous for babies – Expert
Hellen Bulu, a community health technician, says giving babies hot water bath and stretching their arms in an attempt to massage them is...
Lassa fever kills one in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has confirmed the death of one person in two cases of Lassa fever recorded in the...
Drama as foreigners reject Nigerian govt’s immunization
Some foreigners flatly turned down ongoing immunization being carried out by the Nigerian government in parts of the nations’s capital,...
Lassa fever kills two pregnant women, one other in Benue
Lassa fever has claimed two pregnant women and a man in Makurdi, Benue State. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Cecilia...
Majority of foreign trained medical graduates fail MDCN exam – FG
Nigerian government has decried the poor performance of foreign trained medical and dental graduates at the assessment of the Medical...
Oyo seals 62 hospitals in one year
The Oyo State government in its bid to sanitise private health facilities and curb medical quackery across the 33 local government areas...
Valentine’s Day: Sale of condoms shoots up by 70 percent — Survey
As Nigerians joined the rest of the world to celebrate St Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, a survey has indicated that there was about 70...
Scientists find new tool to fight cancer
Small molecules that specifically restrain a selenium-containing enzyme in the human body may be a tool to fight cancer, a study...
Lassa fever: Lagos govt raises alarm, orders surveillance
Lagos State Government says it is maintaining relevant surveillance activities through its disease surveillance unit to prevent the...
No case of Lassa fever in Osun – Commissioner
The Osun state government on Tuesday described as untrue the reported case of Lassa fever in the state, adding that only isolated death...
Oyo approves compulsory health insurance for workers, students
The Oyo State Executive Council on Monday said it has made the enrolment for its health insurance compulsory for all civil and public...
Valentine: NACA asks Nigerian youths to buy condoms
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has warned Nigerians, especially youths, to “love wisely or buy condoms’’ as they...
Health workers give Nigerian govt strike notice
Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have vowed to embark on a nationwide...
Abusive supervisors result in less productivity in work places – Study
Abusive supervisors result to less productivity, higher costs in work places, researchers from the University of Texas (UT) in the U.S....
Nigerian govt to recruit 200,000 health workers nationwide
The Federal Ministry of Health is set to engage 200,000 agents under its Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS)...
Meningitis outbreak: 3 confirmed dead in Yobe
The Yobe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Bello Kawuwa, says the state has recorded 10 new cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis with three...
Kogi doctors strike hits one month, as NMA warns of possible brain drain
As the industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors in Kogi state hits one month on Wednesday, the Nigeria Medical Association, has...
Female genital mutilation ‘unacceptable’ in 21st century – UN youth envoy
UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, has condemned the practice of female genital mutilation, saying it was...
UCH records 400 cases of breast cancer annually
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Monday said it records no fewer than 400 cases of breast cancer annually. An expert in...
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