Japan earmarks N1.4bn for UNICEF to address life-saving emergency in North-East
The government of Japan has extended a grant of US$4.5 million, (1.4…
Gombe increases nutrition budget
Gombe State Government has increased its budget on nutrition from N50 to…
Bird Flu: Plateau Closes 62 Farms
... disposes of 190,000 Birds The Plateau Government has closed down 62…
Worried about irregular menses after abortion
I’m a 23-year old girl. Early last year, I got pregnant and…
Brain-dead Polish woman gives birth to baby boy
A brain-dead Polish woman has delivered a baby boy after she was…
Kenya tightens measures to keep out yellow fever
Anyone travelling to Kenya from Uganda or Angola will have to adhere…
Reps investigates DDT efficacy for malaria eradication
ABUJA: The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on HIV/AIDS, Mal…
Under-5 Mortality Rate: Kano leads in Nigeria
No fewer than 101,000 Under-5 children die every year in Kano State…
Worldwide switch to bivalent oral polio vaccine begins on Sunday
The trivalent oral polio vaccine has been instrumental in the near-eradication of…
Fast food exposes consumers to harmful chemicals – study shows
Fast food eaters beware! A new study has found that people who…
NAFDAC shuts 16 herbal medicine facilities
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has…
Diabetes patients must be involved in their own management – Olufemi-Ajayi
People living with diabetes must be involved in the management of their…
EC approves subcutaneous route of administration in Sandoz biosimilar, Binocrit
Sandoz, a Novartis division and the global leader in biosimilars, announced today…
Diabetes epidemic looms in Nigeria – Health Minister
… NMA says over 2m people are diabetic in the country ABUJA:…
Diabetes: Enlighten Nigerians now, endocrinologist tells govt
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the World…
Please don’t go on strike, Buhari begs doctors
ABUJA:President Muhammadu Buhari earlier today pleaded with Nigerian resident doctors to shelve…
WHO out with first global report on diabetes
... says 422 million adults now live with it. The World Health…
Nigerian has huge diabetes burden – Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said yesterday at the NHO…
WHD: Roche, Rainbow Hospital lead Media Roundtable on diabetes
Multinational pharmaceutical company Roche Diagnostics in collaboration with Rainbow Specialist Medical Centre…
Update on Health Minister’s Visit to LUTH
Darkness in A& E The current bleak power situation in the country…
EU supports immunisation in FCT with N188m
The European Union, EU, has supported immunisation of children in the Federal…
