Health

Nigeria is steering towards another deadly Cholera outbreak

Overcrowded displacement camps coupled with a lack of basic sanitation facilities and hygiene will cause another cholera outbreak in northeast…

5 years ago

Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, WHO reveals

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to…

5 years ago

20 Dead In Lagos Collapsed Building

AT LEAST 20 people have been confirmed killed following the collapse of a three-storey building situated at the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos…

6 years ago

New survey results indicate that Nigeria has an HIV prevalence of 1.4%

Results released today by the Government of Nigeria indicate a national HIV prevalence in Nigeria of 1.4% among adults aged…

6 years ago

Borno, Adamawa, Yobe States Declare End of Cholera Outbreaks

In a synchronized event, the Commissioners of Health in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States recently declared the end of the…

6 years ago

Ten threats to global health in 2019

The world is facing multiple health challenges. These range from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports…

6 years ago

NGO holds schools’ health, safety summit on Friday

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Advocacy against Negligence in Schools (AANIS) will on Friday, November 16, 2018 hold its 9th summit on…

6 years ago

Ogbere Idi-Osan market becomes cleanest in Ibadan

OGBERE Idi-Osan Market, housed by Inukan Local Council Development Area, has become the cleanest market in Ibadan metropolis under the Operation…

6 years ago

WHO calls crisis meeting over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

The WHO has assessed the national and regional risk of the current Ebola outbreak in DRC as “very high,” although…

6 years ago

African Health Ministers Endorse Five-Year Plan to Improve Access to Medicines

Ministers of Health from the WHO African Region have endorsed proposals aimed at addressing the shortage of, and access to,…

6 years ago