Health

Eye care for Ebola survivors

Knowledge gained following the 2014–16 West Africa Ebola outbreak identified a number of challenges survivors face, including reduced or blurred…

6 years ago

Fake cholera vaccine in circulation, NAFDAC alerts Nigerians

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified the public, especially healthcare providers, on the existence…

6 years ago

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…

6 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…

6 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