Major health stories in the news last week
Nigeria has pledged to finance the immunisation programme in the country, as the World Health Organisation reported that fewer people...
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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Nigeria has pledged to finance the immunisation programme in the country, as the World Health Organisation reported that fewer people...
The former Nigerian attorney-general was arrested shortly after returning to the country on Thursday afternoon.
The former attorney-general returns to the country at about 3:50 p.m. Thursday.
WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said the decline indicates a powerful shift in the global tobacco epidemic.
Nigeria routinely imports sheep and cattle from neighbouring Niger Republic
The world celebrated 40 years of the eradication of smallpox virus as the Nigerian Medical Association warned that it will...
Despite the importance, it is not all toothpastes that contain fluoride and these contain varying levels.
Nigeria may get polio-free certification next year if no new case is detected, having reported no new case of wild...
The diagnosis is coming four months after the The Philippines, which shares a close sea border with Malaysia, was hit...
World Health Organisation (WHO) said ARCC has invited Nigeria to present its final documentation for a wild polio-free status in...
Ms Desmond–Hellmann will be replaced by Mark Suzman.
NCDC said it is aware of a case of monkeypox reported in England "in an individual who visited Nigeria recently".
An official says the certification procedure begins next week.
Nigeria, 18 other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and India accounted for about 85 per cent of the global burden of...
Various events were held across the world during the week ahead of the commemoration of the World AIDS Day on...
Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to easily preventable and serious health conditions such as dental issues.
The award was given at a ceremony organised by National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) to commemorate the World...
Country Director of UNAIDS, Erasmus Morah, said new cases of HIV are still being transmitted among the vulnerable groups.
Senate moves to establish a commission for mental health.
The 66 graduates were drawn from different professional backgrounds across the country.
The dinner preludes the formal graduation ceremony which will take place on Saturday.
It is estimated that only half of the antibiotics consumed in Nigeria are correctly used. This poses an imminent threat...
PREMIUM TIMES and other local observer groups had also reported that the elections in both states were marred by a...
Mr Melaye says the just concluded election "was marred by compromise, extreme violence, and rigging".
At least 28 million children in 19 states are expected to be vaccinated in a large scale immunization campaign against...
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