NAFDAC advises against use of products with steroids
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against use of four products found...
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Paediatrician warns against scarification as cure for convulsion
Prof. Muhammed Adeboye, of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin has warned mothers and caregivers against...
ANSG targets 2.6m children for polio vaccination
The Anambra Government says it is targeting over 2.6 million children under the age of 0-59 months as it begins...
Hope rises as NGO launches home for social care of elders in Anambra
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A nongovernmental organization, First Best Domiciliary Home Care World, has launched a home to extend social care...
NGO denounces citizens apathy to voluntary blood donation
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Timilehin Leukemia Foundation (TLF), on Tuesday decried Nigerians’ attitude, especially residents of Lagos, to voluntary blood...
FG, NGO call for increased awareness of female reproductive diseases
The Federal Government and Sightsavers Nigeria, an NGO, have called for increased awareness of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) one of...
We’ve successfully eliminated prostates without surgery – The Urologist
An Umuahia-based medical facility, Eleos Specialist Hospital, has successfully done 20 Bipolar Enucleation of the prostate between March and August....
Breast cancer patients to enroll in clinical trial to lessen heart damage
Prof. Dimitrios Fotiadis, CARDIOCARE Project Coordinator, University of Ioannina, Greece, has said that women with breast cancer can be enrolled...
NAFDAC Endorses varsity’s herbal medicine for diabetes
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), has certified the use of GLUCOZIL for the treatment...
NACA expects states to sponsor HIV response activities
Dr Gambo Aliyu, the Director General,National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), has urged states tobegin to be independent...
COVID-19: 45% vaccination coverage low in Anambra – says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says only 45 per cent of Anambra State residents are vaccinated against Coronavirus (COVID-19). An...
Breastfeeding can save up to 100,000 children Nigeria – UNICEF
UNICEF says improved breastfeeding practices can save more than 100,000 children each year in Nigeria and 22 million dollars in...
Diphtheria: Many children remain unvaccinated –NPHCDA
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency of Nigeria (NPHCDA) said on Monday in Abuja that a significant number of children...
Breastfeeding doesn’t cause breast to sag – says experts
Nutrition experts at the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and Nutrition International, an NGO, say that breastfeeding does not affect...
Diphtheria outbreak: Nigeria set to receive drugs from WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday in Abuja that it would deliver 1,800 vials of Diphtheria Antitoxin (DAT)...
Israeli researchers develop RNA-based drug to destroy cancer cells in bone marrow
Israeli researchers managed to destroy myeloma blood cancer cells using an RNA-based drug delivered to the cells by targeted lipid...
NAFDAC notifies Nigerians of sale of unwholesome Whippy Real Mayonnaise
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has notified Nigerians about the sale of unwholesome Mayonnaise...
DORA PROJECT HELD HER MAIDEN SYMPOSIUM OF CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR VAGINAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA
On this day, Wednesday, 19th July, 2023; the DORA Project held her maiden symposium and inauguration of the Citizen Science...
WHO attributes spike in dengue fever to global warming
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has attributed the spike in dengue fever to global warming marked by higher average temperatures,...
Anthrax: Enugu Govt encourages residents “not to panic”
The Enugu Government has urged its residents not to panic as the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development is on...
