With a resurgence of measles in at least nine countries in Africa, stakeholders have underscore the need for increased investments in immunization as a fundamental part...
PATIENCE IHEJIRIKA takes a cursory look at the private sector’s engagement in strengthening Nigeria’s health sector in a bid to compliment government’s efforts. Like education and...
The executive chairman Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), Dr Batula Mohammed, has urged the citizens to report cases of rejection of polio immunisation to health...
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria – Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale Project (PSN-PAS@Scale), has called on all tiers of governments and...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut-down a yoghurt factory, Ruquyya Yogurt located in Potiskum, Yobe, over alleged circulation of...
The African Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that malaria-related deaths in the region have dropped from 555,000 to 403,000 between year...
The Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has taken vaccination campaign to various communities in the area to promote use of regular vaccines among...
The Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Kware in Sokoto State, has expressed concern over rising number of abandoned psychiatric patients at the hospital largely due to stigmatisation....
The world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S pilot programme was launched in Malawi on Tuesday. This makes Malawi the first of three countries in Africa in which...
A gynaecologist, Dr Adebayo Bamisebi, has advised pregnant women to eat nutritious foods and stop laying emphasis on food as causes of their birthing big babies....
The Cross River Private Hospital Regulatory Board has shut down 14 health facilities in the state for medical quackery and substandard operations. The chairman of the...
A Consultant Psychiatrist,Dr Shehu Sale, has advised Nigerians to report persons with mental ailment early at recognised health facilities. Sale, who is also the Medical Director...
The Imo chapter of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says its members on the employ of the state government will begin an indefinite strike by midnight on...
