Lassa fever: FG releases update, guidelines, warns Nigerians
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigerians need not panic over the rising cases of Lassa fever because it has initiated...
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JOHESU announces date for nationwide strike
The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has threatened to resume the industrial action it suspended on 30th May 2018. The body said this...
Nigerian Army raises alarm as Lassa Fever kills officer
The Nigerian Army has raised an alarm over an outbreak of Lassa Fever. A statement on Wednesday by the Acting Deputy Director Army Public...
Doctors vow to jail suspended Enugu Psychiatric Hospital MD, Onwukwe
Residents doctors at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu have vowed to jail the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Jojo...
Shehu Shagari: Nigerian doctors mourn, speak on ex-president’s health policies
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has described the late former President Shehu Shagari as a compassionate leader Dr Francis...
Why Shisha is worse than cigarettes – Experts
Scientists in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi have found that Shisha pipes posed more serious medical problems compared to cigarettes. According to...
HIV: Avoid risky behaviour during yuletide – NACA warns Nigerians
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has advised Nigerians to avoid risky behaviours that might contribute to the spread of...
Anambra: 17 die in suspected fresh cholera outbreak
No fewer than 17 persons have reportedly lost their lives in some Anambra State communities due to a disease outbreak suspected to be...
132 children die of malnutrition in Kaduna
About 132 children in Kaduna State died of severe acute malnutrition out of the 12,858 hospitalised between January and October 2018 in...
UNICEF rates Oyo 5th highest state in female genital mutilation
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday revealed that six out of 10 women between ages 15 and 49 in...
Ondo kidnappings: Resident doctors threaten to down tools
Following the kidnap of some workers of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, in Ondo State, the hospital’s chapter of the National...
Alleged fraud: UNTH doctors take case to EFCC
A delegation of over eighty resident doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors from the University of Nigeria...
DELSUTH resident doctors battle Delta govt over alleged N50m unpaid entitlements
The alleged inability of the Delta State Government to pay the resident doctors at Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH),...
ADSACA reveals number of people living with AIDS in Adamawa
The Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State AIDS Control Agency (ADSACA), Dr Stephen John, Saturday disclosed that an estimated 65,000...
Factors affecting fight against HIV/AIDS in Yobe exposed
Inadequate funds, lack of awareness and stigmatisation have been identified as some of the factors posing serious threat to the fight...
Resident doctors threaten Oyo government over non-payment of one-year-salary
The Association of Resident Doctors, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has called on the Oyo State...
40 million Nigerians suffering mental disorders – Nigerian govt
The Federal Government has said an estimated 40 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorders. Permanent...
Enugu Federal Psychiatric Hospital Nursing students slam N5m suit on management
The crisis rocking the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu has taken another dimension as the nursing students of the hospital have...
Medical tourism: Buhari’s minister reveals what Nigerian govt is doing to curb menace
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has revealed measures put in place by the Federal Government to reduce the spate of medical...
61 die from 1,759 Cholera cases in Yobe
Nine suspected new cases of Cholera has been reported in Yobe State in Nigeria’s North-East, showing a marginal increase in the number of...
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