Lassa fever: Anambra warns against eating exposed food
Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike has warned residents of the state against eating exposed food items. The...
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Lassa fever outbreak : Ondo govt confirms death of five persons, 24 others in critical condition
The Ondo State government has confirmed the death of five persons, with twenty four others in critical condition from the outbreak of...
WHO donates 853 motorcycles to Nigerian govt for disease surveillance
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Monday donated 853 motorcycles to the Nigerian government to strengthen diseases surveillance...
Lassa fever :Umahi warns health workers against dirty environment
The governor of Ebonyi state, Chief David Umahi yesterday warned against dirty environment following the outbreak lassa fever in the...
One to 4,000 doctor ratio unacceptable – MDCAN tells FG
The Medical and Dental consultants Association of Nigeria, MDCAN has said that the one doctor to 4,000 persons ratio in Nigeria is highly...
Lassa Fever: NCDC tells health workers what to do while handling patients
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has urged health workers across the country to strictly adhere to standard Infection,...
Lassa Fever hits Kogi again; one killed, medical doctor infected
A fresh case of Lassa Fever has been recorded in Lokoja, Kogi State. This followed the death of a child in the early hours of Friday. The...
Police, military, prostitutes, homosexuals prone to contacting HIV – Nigerian govt
Nigerian Government’s agency monitoring the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, has disclosed that the...
NIPRD develops herbal drugs for Ebola treatment
The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), said it has successfully researched and developed six...
Akwa Ibom sacks doctor for allegedly stealing beds
A former Commissioner for Transport in Bayelsa, Marie Ebikake kidnapped by gunmen has regained her freedom. She was freed at about 3 a.m....
Lassa fever: Death toll rises to 4 in Ebonyi
The death toll of victims of Lassa fever in Ebonyi State has risen to four, while over 139 persons have been placed under surveillance in...
Lassa fever: 3 suspected cases recorded in Nasarawa
Dr Giyan Joshua-Ndom, the Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Nasarawa State, has said that the hospital is currently...
Lassa fever: Ebonyi doctors blame death of colleagues on non functionality of virology centre
Doctors in Ebonyi State on Tuesday protested along the major street of Abakaliki over the non functionality of the virology centre in the...
Paracetamol abuse damages liver, Kidney – PSN chairman
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has warned against indiscriminate or misuse of Paracetamol, saying such practice damages the...
Lassa Fever: Enugu NMA inaugurates 22-man committee to tackle outbreak
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Enugu State chapter, on Monday inaugurated a 22-member committee on Lasa Fever following reported...
Striking doctors disclose details of meeting with Kogi govt
Kogi Government has appealed to striking medical doctors in the state to end their industrial action in the interest of patients and...
Doctors, nurses flee hospital over outbreak of lassa fever in Ebonyi
There was a pandemonium at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, FETHA, at the early hours of Monday as doctors and nurses fled the...
Panic in Ebonyi as lassa fever kills 2 resident doctors
Two resident doctors serving at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, FETHA, Ebonyi State have died of lassa fever. They both died on...
Zamfara NMA president is dead
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Zamfara, Dr. Tijjani Sa’idu, is dead. Sa’idu died on Thurdsay as a result of...
Jigawa targets 1.6m children for polio immunisation in 2018
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA) says over 1.6 million children will be immunised against polio in the...
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