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Lassa Fever

Lassa fever death toll hits 70 as NCDC confirms 318 cases

Paul Dada

5 hours ago

“Protecting healthcare workers remains a top priority. We are actively investigating the drivers of healthcare worker infections to better understand…
Innovative Approaches to Combat Cholera in Nigeria: Success stories and Challenges

Japan sends $1.7m lifeline to Lagos as cholera fears rise

Oluwapelumi Oluwayemi

22 hours ago

The consignment was formally handed over during the Project Handover Ceremony of Emergency Support for Cholera Response and Preparedness held…
Traditional, religious leaders endorse ”Aso Rock Declaration” to strengthen health sector

Traditional, religious leaders endorse “Aso Rock Declaration” to strengthen health sector

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 days ago

Pate emphasised that integrating traditional and religious leaders into health planning and implementation was essential to building trust, improving access,…
Traditional, religious leaders endorse ”Aso Rock Declaration” to strengthen health sector

Tinubu to young health fellows: Serve with honour, courage

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 days ago

The National Health Fellows are selected from each of the 774 local government areas to boost healthcare delivery nationwide.
NMA

Brain Drain: Thousands of Nigerian doctors move abroad

Femi Fabunmi

6 days ago

In his response, the Commanding Officer of the 312 Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel I.J. Ufua, thanked the association for the…
Members of Nigeria Cancer Society, Ogun Chapter during the awareness walk

World Cancer Day: Experts urge Nigerians to embrace early screening, HPV vaccine

Ayorinde Oluokun

1 week ago

Dr. Salako explained that cancers detected at stages one and two are often easier and cheaper to manage compared to…
HPV

Why girls should take HP vaccine – Jigawa Govt

Isa Isawade

2 weeks ago

“Cervical cancer kills a lot of women and usually they present late. So, if we are able to protect our…

Criminals, weak laws fuel Nigeria’s fake medicine problem – Anyakora

Femi Fabunmi

2 weeks ago

Bloom Public Health has contributed significantly to health in Nigeria and across Africa,” Anyakora said. “We also work with Africa…
Plateau State Lassa fever

Lassa fever kills 2 medical doctors, 2 others in Plateau

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 weeks ago

Baamlong said the patients were currently being treated and the ministry has commenced an active contact tracing and surveillance in…
Cancer

CAPPA sounds alarm on food, tobacco as cancer burden rises in Nigeria

Paul Dada

2 weeks ago

The organisation also renewed its commendation of the federal government’s plan to earmark pro-health taxes for cancer prevention and care,…
CAPPA

Festive marketing fuels Nigeria’s health crisis, CAPPA warns

Paul Dada

2 weeks ago

“Nigeria must reclaim its public spaces, regulate its food environment, and place public health above corporate profit.”
Plateau Govt assures on Anti-Snake Venom

Anti-snake venoms available for free, Plateau govt assures

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 weeks ago

According to him, a deliberate, well-coordinated supply chain of Echitab Anti-Snake Venom had been done, and the ASV was stocked…
Durfa, while expressing regret that the USAID had been dismantled, recalled that the HIV/AIDS scourge was a major concern about 20 years ago.

Nigerian youths in danger – NGO boss reacts to stoppage of USAID’s HIV/AIDs funds

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 weeks ago

There had been a severe threat to global health since the U. S. freezed overseas aid with the dismantling of…
Shehu Sani weighs in on Ifunaya's tragic death

Abuja hospital speaks on how singer Ifunaya died during treatment for snake bite

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 weeks ago

There have been insinuations that Ifunaya Nwagene died at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi because there was no anti-venom drug…
Neglected Tropical Diseases in Nigeria: The journey so far

Neglected Tropical Diseases in Nigeria: The journey so far

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 weeks ago

igeria bears one of the heaviest NTD burdens in Africa. Diseases such as lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), schistosomiasis,…
NARD

Residents doctors issue fresh four-week ultimatum to FG on demands

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 weeks ago

Recall that NARD had on 11 January suspended the planned resumption of its ‘Total, Indefinite and Complete Strike’ (TICS 2.0),…
Plateau State Lassa fever

NCDC confirms 17 dead as Lassa Fever ravages Nigeria

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 weeks ago

The agency said that 89 per cent of all confirmed cases were reported from Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba and Edo states,…
President Tinubu

Tinubu targets reforms of governance of health institutions with 12 bills

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 weeks ago

The bill transmitted in line with Section 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria were conveyed alongside…
JOHESU

JOHESU Strike: NMA slams NLC, TUC ultimatum

Paul Dada

4 weeks ago

“We describe the claim as misleading and capable of fuelling industrial tension in the health sector,” he said.
The team of Surgeons that carried out the first female Robotic Surgery at TPC, Lagos: From left: Consultant Gynaecologist, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Prof Yusuf Oshodi, The Founder of TPC, Lagos, Prof Kingsley Ekwueme and UK-based, Consultant Gynaecologist, Mr Olaolu Alalade

Lagos Clinic claims West Africa’s first robotic gynaecological surgery

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 weeks ago

The procedure, marked the clinic’s expansion of robotic surgery from male-focused treatments to women’s health interventions.
health

JOHESU: FG reaffirms commitment to salary structure review

Isa Isawade

4 weeks ago

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to reviewing the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) as part of efforts to…
Self-medication

Self-medication, lack of food regulation lead to rising diabetes – Physician

Isa Isawade

4 weeks ago

A General Physician, Dr Gerald Chinasa, has identified self-medication and lack of proper regulation of foods and drugs consumed within…
LASG begins anti open defecation enforcement in Berger area

Health insurance now mandatory in Lagos — what you must know

Oluwapelumi Oluwayemi

1 month ago

The inauguration, which took place on Wednesday at the Public Service Office (PSO), Alausa, Ikeja, signals a decisive shift from…
WHO said health taxes have been shown to reduce consumption of harmful products, helping to prevent disease burden on health systems

Save lives, raise taxes on sugary drinks, alcohol – WHO urges govts

Ayorinde Oluokun

1 month ago

Among other findings, the report on sugar-sweetened beverage taxes shows that at least 116 countries tax sugary drinks. But it…
JOHESU said the ‘no work, no pay’ policy as a common tool used to pressure workers when government delays the resolution of labour disputes.

We’ll not call off our strike – Health workers slams FG’s ‘No work, no pay’ order

Ayorinde Oluokun

1 month ago

The Federal Government recently directed the implementation of the ‘no work, no pay’ policy and the stoppage of JOHESU members’…
The family of a patient, Aishatu Umar, alleged that negligence by medical personnel at Abubakar Imam Urology Centre in Kano led to her death

Kano probes alleged medical negligence in patient’s death

Ayorinde Oluokun

1 month ago

The board expressed condolences to the family of the late Aishatu Umar and assured the public that the matter would…
JOHESU said the ‘no work, no pay’ policy as a common tool used to pressure workers when government delays the resolution of labour disputes.

FG stops salaries of striking health workers

Ayorinde Oluokun

1 month ago

The ministry also directed health institutions to sustain critical services, including accident and emergency care, labour wards and intensive care…
Students of College of Nursing Sciences of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) are to stay home for two weeks following a fire incident that gutted one of their hostels on Thursday.

LUTH sends nursing students on vacation after hostel fire incident

Ayorinde Oluokun

1 month ago

Adeyemo said that the two-week window vacation was declared to enable the management assess the damage done by the fire…
Edo NMA

Medical Doctors withdraw services over abduction of colleagues in Edo

Ayorinde Oluokun

1 month ago

One of the abducted doctors, Babatunde Abu, was kidnapped in Auchi, with abductors reportedly demanding a N100 million ransom, further…
Resident doctors in FMC Abeokuta, set to begin strike on Monday

Resident doctors in FMC Abeokuta, set to begin strike on Monday

Abimbola Aderinola

1 month ago

Olanipekun explained that after exhaustive deliberations, members of ARD, FMC Abeokuta have unanimously resolved to embark on a total strike…
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