Health

WHO said medication errors alone cost an estimated $ 42 billion annually.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) needs to be urgently contained

Mr Bill Gates again harps on the need for African leaders to invest and develop human capital as “the best way for a country to unlock productivity and innovation, cut poverty create opportunities and generate prosperity”.

The report gives general reasons and also reviews a specific reason for Nigeria.

The study, published in the latest edition of the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, found that hunger significantly altered people’s decision-making.

The Nigerian government vows to sanction parties involved in the diversion of anti-malaria drugs supplied by Global Fund.

Global Fund financed the procurement and distribution of 16,290,250 ACTs but only 8,189,226 malaria cases were reported as treated with ACTs.

This year, the health survey sought to take blood samples from Nigerians for malaria, anaemia and genotype testing but shuns non-communicable diseases.

Field epidemiologists are health professionals who work at the forefront of disease surveillance.

The monarch narrates also speaks on tackling malnutrition in Nigeria.

Nigeria was able to record three years of absence of wild polio because of the tireless efforts of field epidemiologists in the country.

Minister of Health says the 15 states and the FCT met the eligibility criteria

Recent cases of yellow fever in two states have been linked to the popular games reserve.

The international agency says a high percentage of Nigeria’s disease burden is linked to factors in the environment

The new minister says the Nigerian health sector is yet to record any significant improvement since 1999.

“Between that 2017 and now, the ministry has contributed and disbursed about N1.8 billion.”

The Nigerian government has begun a reactive vaccination campaign in three states

The campaign’s target is to vaccinate 1.6 million people aged 9 months to 44 years old.

Millions of Nigerians continue to face health mishaps due to causes mostly preventable or at least treatable.

On Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES reported that at least four of the people have been confirmed dead and 12 hospitalised.

Children allege poor treatment after being confined for two months at Unity Orphanage Home and Youth Support Centre, Gwagwalada.

WHO and Facebook want to ensure people access only authoritative information on vaccines and reduce the spread of inaccuracies