Tag: health

Use safe water to brush your teeth, wash and prepare food, the NCDC said.

Kano lawmakers also passed a bill to regulate private health institutions.

“Children from the richest quintile are three times likely to attend school than children from the poorest families.

The medical director did not implement a court order.

“If our major donors decide to stop funding HIV/AIDs programme, almost a million Nigerians will come off the treatments.”

The health ministry also confirmed Usman Yusuf’s suspension for three months.

The training with theme "Strengthening One Health Through Field Epidemiology" will start on Wednesday, July 5.

“The idea is to upgrade a number of hospitals by getting first class facilities to have the best practice.”

The regimen was launched on Monday.

The 52 newly qualified nurses include 18 males.

“The problem we have in the north-east has exacerbated the situation and made it more difficult to eradicate.”

The MLSN is the statutory regulatory body for the practice of Medical Laboratory Science in Nigeria.

“This can cause systolic and diastolic blood pressure,” the expert said.

Poor nutrition, especially at a child's early age, is a major cause of stunting.

As at Sunday, 11 suspected cases, including three deaths, had been reported.

The vaccine, known as “rVSV-ZEBOV”, was shown to be highly protective against Ebola in clinical trials published in December 2016.

In July 2015, the World Health Organisation predicted an outbreak of Meningitis C in Nigeria and some other African countries ...

WHO in September will invite applications for prequalification of biosimilar versions of two products in the WHO Essential Medicines List.

Mr. Akande warns “those who wish to harvest political gains out of the health of the president.”

“What we are against is the fact that everybody cannot be equated to be equal.”

Nigeria reportedly needs N279.54 billion ($912 million) to address malnutrition in all states for five years.

The Health Minister said Nigeria was considering local production of vaccines.

“We have more than 100 universities in Nigeria today offering Medicine, but less than 25 for nursing sciences.”