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According to the NCDC’s report spanning 10 to 16 August, the confirmed cases were reported in 23 states and 117...

Africa produced more than 639,000 tonnes of tobacco leaf in 2024, representing about 11 per cent of global tobacco-leaf production,...

Daju Kachollom, permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, disclosed this on Monday at the flag-off ceremony held...

Mr Bulus said the deaths were recorded within three days of the outbreak, warning that the number of cases could...

The hospital will operate as an outpost of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), the government announced on Monday during...

The Federal Teaching Hospital Katsina says an influx of suspected and confirmed diphtheria cases has pushed its children’s ward beyond...

According to him, cancer begins when abnormal cells develop within a particular organ or body system, with the extent to...

A multi agency task force has been established to strengthen surveillance, close immunisation gaps and improve access to timely treatment...

The researchers found that people with higher levels of xylitol in their blood had a greater risk of major cardiovascular...

He described radiopharmaceutical therapy as an important frontier in modern medicine, combining nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, pharmaceutical sciences, oncology and...

According to the president, implementing the retirement age of 65 years for clinical health workers will provide an important palliative...

Mr Idris said the country is still in the rainy season, when cholera transmission can increase because flooding may contaminate...

She described COP17 as the “COP of implementation,” stressing that the true measure of success would be whether decisions taken...

In a joint statement on Friday, the organisations said the achievement followed the discharge of Uganda’s last Ebola patient, an...

Cumulatively, six people have been infected with malaria in connection with the airport.

The government pledged to support the association through funding and protection, in exchange for the association's commitment to institutional discipline,...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, said the policy was designed to address alcohol as...

Abimiku said recent cuts in global health funding, including support from major international donors, underscored the need for Nigeria to...

He said the problem was rarely the technology itself but rather the absence of scheduled preventive maintenance, the unavailability of...

According to Salako, between 60 and 70 per cent of Nigeria’s primary and tertiary health facilities experience frequent power outages...

The outbreak is being investigated by Frankfurt’s Public Health Department, with officials trying to establish how the workers became infected.

Rafindadi said that despite ongoing efforts to tackle avoidable blindness, the country has not achieved the cataract surgical rates required...

The Kano State House of Assembly has called on Governor Abba Yusuf to take urgent action to contain a severe...

With Nigeria’s 2027 general elections approaching, health advocates are pushing for healthcare to become a more prominent issue in political...

The agency also ordered the destruction of the recalled products under its supervision, saying manufacturers will bear the full cost...