Health

Thirty-one ambulance vehicles donated by the Japanese government were on Friday distributed to 31 federal tertiary health institutions across the country. The vehicles were handed over to heads of the institutions by the Nigerian Minister […]

The Lassa fever epidemic which started as a rumour some weeks ago in Ondo State, has fully manifested, with five persons now hospitalized for being infected with the disease. The reports emerged three weeks of […]

A lecturer at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Salomi Mathew, says that the consumption of energy drinks is detrimental to one’s well-being. Mr. Mathew of the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education made […]

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.— Aristotle The World Sickle Cell Day is on 19th of June. The wear red for sickle cell day was established by the United […]

The health sector in Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari has had a lot of media attention. Not much of this has however been about the government delivering on its promise to provide functional healthcare system […]

As the world marks this year’s World No Tobacco Day, Nigeria’s Health Minister, Isaac Adewole, has announced nine regulations in the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act that would be implemented by the federal government. The National […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday admitted it responded “too slow” in its handling of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, at the 70th World Health […]

Screening points, detecting machines, hand sanitizers and other measures to prevent an Ebola outbreak in the country have yet to be provided at the Seme border. The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced alerted the world […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said nursing mothers should observe the six months exclusive breastfeeding for their children as a way of curbing child malnutrition in Nigeria. The organisation’s nutrition specialist in its […]

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has stated that $3.2m (N1.08bn) worth of HIV drugs expired in storage. Adewole made this disclosure while delivering a speech at the ‘Dissemination Meeting of 2016 National Health […]

Nutritionists have recommended daily intake of 100% fruit juices to complement fruits because they are made from real natural fruits and offer the range of nutrition benefits whole fruit offers. A hundred per cent fruit […]

Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has called for heightened vigilance and intensified awareness efforts on symptoms of hemorrhagic fevers following the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Minister made the […]

The World Health Organisation on Monday confirmed that a second Ebola case in Congo. “So far there are 19 suspect cases, including three deaths and two lab-confirmed cases,” a WHO spokesperson in Geneva said via […]

The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has called on health care providers and the general public to be vigilant and intensify awareness on the symptoms of haemorrhagic fevers. The minister’s statement on Saturday follows the […]

The Federal Executive Council, presided over by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has approved a memorandum for the introduction of a new Yellow Card with advanced security features. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac […]