Health Specials

An initiative is fighting sexual and gender-based violence in Lagos and Sokoto states through volunteers in community-based organisations.

Scientists fear the variant could be highly contagious because of an unusually large number of mutations and would likely break...

Most African countries including Nigeria have yet to impose travel restrictions on South Africa over the new Covid-19 variant.

The disease centre also noted that a total of 206,797 Nigerians have been discharged nationwide.

The director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ifedayo Adetifa, said countries in Europe have reintroduced some restrictions...

“We are going to homes, schools, churches, malls, parks, markets, farms as well as all living areas, where a child...

If passed, the bill will mandate government hospitals to provide free medical services for children including diagnoses, treatment, prevention of...

NPHCDA says only 3,252,067 persons in Nigeria have received their second dose and become fully vaccinated, representing only 2.9 per...

The NMA says it is ready to partner with the state ministry of health to battle cholera or any other...

The centre has also screened 1,273 prostate cancer patients during the period, the official said.

The new infections have raised Nigeria’s total number of confirmed cases to 213,127.

The procurement of equipment is for cancer management at the Federal Medical Centre, Kastina and Usman Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto

Nigeria has already surpassed the number of TB cases notified in 2020 by seven per cent.

“Pfizer’s drug, part of a class known as protease inhibitors, is designed to block an enzyme the coronavirus needs to...

Ms Pounds explained that community pharmacies could assist with such initiatives as vaccinations, family planning, health education, among many others.

The cost of treatment had risen drastically with many victims struggling to foot hospital bills.

The Minister said there is an existing policy for Federal Tertiary Hospitals to adopt at least two state government-owned Comprehensive...

Mosquirix is not just the first approved vaccine for malaria; it is also the first developed for any parasitic disease.

“The new rules, which take effect from Monday, October 4, 2021, indicate that countries around the world have been categorised...

The event, themed; Family Planning in a New Lagos: A Catalytic Pillar for Female Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development, is currently...

“…Rather than live in fear or doubt, get vaccinated. If you believe that getting vaccinated will put your mind at...

Only 4.2 per cent of the 111,776,503 eligible populations have been vaccinated.

Despite joining forces and pooling funds to acquire doses, Africa’s 30 per cent vaccination goal by year-end seems unattainable.

States with the most cases of snake bites in Nigeria are Gombe, Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Nasarawa, Enugu, Kogi, Kebbi,...