Cancer: Groups march to raise awareness on early screening
The march is one of the various yearly activities put in place by a cancer awareness advocacy group, Project Pink...
Ayodamola Owoseye is a senior reporter covering the health beat for PREMIUM TIMES. She is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, and holds a B.A in Anthropology and M.Sc in Information Science.
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The march is one of the various yearly activities put in place by a cancer awareness advocacy group, Project Pink...
Mr Ehanire said the committee will oversee the national response to prevent the 'importation' of coronavirus.
170 people have lost their lives to this outbreak, all of them in China.
Health Minister Ehanire says Nigeria will not stop passengers from China from entering the country once they have been screened.
If the meeting holds, it would be the third time the committee will be meeting to assess the coronavirus threat.
Mr Ghebreyesus had travelled to China on Tuesday to share the latest information on the novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) outbreak.
Between January 1 and 26, a total of 689 suspected cases with 258 confirmed cases were reported.
Between Sunday and Monday, there was a 65 per cent jump in the number of reported cases in the mainland...
Early detection is often the difference between cure in the early stage of prostate cancer and costly management or even...
The Nigerian Dental Association advises parents on how to clean the mouths of newborns.
China has been battling the scourge of a new novel disease – coronavirus, which has infected about 1,975 people in...
Health personnel are carrying out further tests on an unnamed student who returned from Beijing on Saturday.
The disease has become an all year round occurrence in the country, with cases peaking around November to May.
The outbreaks of coronavirus in China and Lassa fever in Nigeria dominated the health scene last week.
Nigeria has recorded 29 deaths and 195 cases of Lassa Fever since January 1.
The WHO, however, warned that there is an emergency in China.
398 suspected cases have been reported from various states across the country.
China confirms the possibility of human to human transmission of the virus.
The agency said tobacco smokers are at a significantly higher risk of post-surgical complications than their non-smoking counterparts.
Suspected bandits on Tuesday killed two health workers supervising a polio vaccination exercise in Zamfara State.
The Abia Ministry of Health has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in one of the local governments in the...
Dentine sensitivity is a common dental problem that causes discomfort or shocking pain in the tooth when it encounters certain...
There were gains and misses as advances and setbacks were recorded in the global fight against diseases
Since the beginning of 2019, 166 persons have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria.
AMR is becoming an issue, it threatens life, it can cause disability, and it can cause illness and can also...
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