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Welcome to 2018: Over 20,000 babies will be born today, UNICEF says
Urges nations around the world to ensure newborns survive first days of life Nigeria will witness the birth of over 20,000 newborns today, January 1, 2018, as people of the country join the rest of
Coca-Cola set to launch $20m ‘Safe Birth initiative in Ivory-Coast, Nigeria
The Coca-Cola Company has announced plans to launch a new program – The Safe Birth Initiative – to support the Ministries of Health in Ivory Coast and Nigeria to tackle
Revealed! Nigeria, Ghana over-diagnose, over-treat malaria
Renowned malariologist, Prof. Oyibo, blames the trend on poor diagnosis Malaria has been found to be over-diagnosed and over-treated in health facilities and pharmacy shops in developing countries, especially Nigeria
Shocking: Nigeria is 5th unhealthiest nation in the world!
Ranks 187 out 190 countries Franc is healthiest as No 1 Latest ranking by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the health systems of its 191 member states has placed Nigeria among
Family Planning saves women, booms economy
With the many misconceptions that have reduced the use of family planning methods among couples in Nigeria; thereby, increasing the deaths of pregnant women in childbirth, medical experts have urged
Nigeria celebrates two years without polio
It is exactly two years that Nigeria recorded its last case of poliomyelitis (a.k.a Polio) and has remained free of the crippling disease ever since. A statement from the National
NHO Diabetes Portal opens!
So you have diabetes? You are not alone! Have you been told by your doctor that you have diabetes? This could be devastating news for most people. But you know
TB: Not yet success story for Nigeria
• Records 250,000 deaths annually • Ranks No. 4 among high-burdened countries • Undetected and Undiagnosed tuberculosis on the increase • WHO says battle is only half-won globally. The World
Why we adopted Nigeria’s CDC for Africa – Amb Maiyegun
The African Union last weekend adopted the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, as one of its five Regional Collaborating Centres for Disease Control. It is part of the AU’s
New WHO report ranks Nigeria low in immunisation
• Yet to eliminate tetanus, measles • Still low in new vaccine introduction A new report on Africa’s immunisation coverage released by the World health Organisation (WHO) at the just
Nigeria: ‘210,557 Kids Died From Pneumonia, Diarrhoea in 2015’
N Since the beginning of this year, about 750,000 Nigerian children under the age of five years died, as a new report ‘The 2015 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report:
WDD: 5m Nigerians adults have Diabetes
By Deo Akinbo As Nigeria prepares to join the rest of the world tomorrow to mark the 2015 World Diabetes Day (WDD), the Ministry of Health has disclosed that no
Prof. Adewole is Nigeria’s health Minister
Renowned professor of gynaecology and obstetrics and former Vice chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole Folorunsho was today named as Nigerias minister of health as President Muhammadu Buhari swore
Buhari hails delisting of Nigeria from polio-endemic countries
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday hailed WHO’s delisting of Nigeria from the polio-endemic countries, calling for continued vigilance to ensure that Nigeria maintains this new status. Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina,
HIV: Only 50% of Nigerian patients on treatment – NACA
Only about 747,000 people living with HIV are currently receiving treatment in the country, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has revealed. This figure was released in