Valentine’s Day: Share Love, Not HIV, NACA Tells Nigerians
Ahead of the February 14 valentine’s day celebration, the Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Gambo Aliyu has urged Nigerian…
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Health news from Nigeria: hospitals, doctors and nurses, disease outbreaks, NAFDAC alerts, health policy and patient care.
NAFDAC Declares State of Emergency, As Nigeria Rank First in Bleaching
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has declared a State of Emergency on bleaching after establishing that Nigeria today has been ranked…
Nigeria Confirms Outbreak of New Infection, Records 25 Deaths
Nigeria on Friday confirmed the outbreak of a new infection of the nose and throat, otherwise known as Diphtheria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and…
Flooding in Nigeria Increases Risks of Disease Outbreaks’ – WaterAid
Nigeria has been hit by devastating flooding over the past weeks, which reportedly claimed the lives of at least 600 people, and displaced hundreds of thousands…
EHCON Seek Public Private Partnership to Mitigate Environmental Challenges
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), Sanitarian Yakubu Baba has sought for Public Private Partnership to mitigate environmental health challenges…
In 9 Months, Meningitis Killed 56 Persons in Nigeria – NCDC
Meningitis has killed 56 persons in Nigeria between January and October 5, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed Wednesday night. In a statement, the…
Immunization: FG Approves Commercial Production of Vaccines
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire on Wednesday, disclosed that the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the production of vaccines in commercial quantity to support…
Nigeria Aims $18bn Dollars To Combat HIV
Nigeria aims to raise $18bn dollars to combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the country. Stakeholders in the country made this known during the pre-conference meeting…
Brain Drain: Over 6,000 Nigerian Doctors Move to UK under Buhari
No fewer than 6,068 medical doctors moved to the United Kingdom since the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), started in 2015, The PUNCH…
Malaria Eradication: FG Paying Lip Service to Ending Disease
Kenny Folarin, Abuja Malaria, a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans.…