Health Specials

The agency also called on Nigerians to stop buying medicines from hawkers.

Official attributes the outbreak of cholera in Niger State to open defecation and indiscriminate waste disposal by rural dwellers.

Before the commencement of COVID-19 vaccination, the government had set an ambitious goal of vaccinating 40 per cent of its...

He listed substantial vaccination coverage, rapid testing and genome surveillance, mandatory adherence to the mitigation measures on face masks and...

Rivers State is at the risk of a serious health disaster, the governor says.

The vaccine failed to provide sufficient protection against HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa to young women, who accounted for a large...

The new move is, however, coming after failed attempts to seek a court order to compel the striking members of...

The official says three cholera treatment Centres have been set up in Yola, Gombi and Guyuk.

The patient is currently in quarantine at the epidemic disease treatment center of the University Hospital Center of Treichville in...

“Mothers should breastfeed more at night because the hormone called prolactin functions more at night, as it contributes to high...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in July, said 526 persons had died from cholera with 22,130 suspected cases recorded...

By the second week of August, when the president is due back, he would have spent about 200 days in...

“The African continent as a whole faces what we call a syndemics; a combination of emerging infectious diseases. We are...

Hepatitis is a silent epidemic with more than 90 million people living with the disease in Africa.

The conference, organised by NCDC, is aimed at strengthening the country’s preparedness for emergencies in cases of infection outbreaks.

Malnutrition has an overarching impact on the lives, future and productivity of Nigerian children.

The three additional vaccines approved are Moderna, AstraZeneca and the Sputnik V vaccine yet to receive approval from the World...

"...we are in a very dangerous period of the pandemic..."

Dealing with cases like this, only information verified by authorities like Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the World Health...

The latest ‘Delta’ variant—more transmissible than earlier variants—has been detected in 14 countries.

WHO says the variant is “spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations”.

Between January and June 22, 2021, a total of 10,833 suspected cholera cases have been reported including 112 laboratory confirmed...