A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum district of Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, has claimed at least eight…
Category: Health
NHIA Partners Roche To Slash Cancer Treatment Costs By 80%
The National Health Insurance Authority, in partnership with Roche Products Limited, has launched a cost-sharing initiative…
FCCPC Warns Nigerians Against Consuming Fruits Ripened With Chemicals
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned Nigerians against consuming fruits ripened with…
Botswana declares national public health emergency
Botswana has declared a public health emergency as it faces a shortage of essential medicines and…
Protest at Calabar hospital as staff demand substantive CMD appointment
Staff of the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Calabar, Cross River State, staged a protest on Monday against…
Poor Funding Undermines Maternal, Child Health In Nigeria -Experts
Health experts have urged the Nigerian government to adopt sustainable financing strategies to scale up maternal…
First U.S. Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected, Officials Launch Emergency Response
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed the first human case of the…
US Confirms First Human Case Of Flesh-Eating Screwworm
The United States has confirmed its first human case of New World screwworm, a parasitic fly…
Dengue Fever: The Silent Threat Creeping Into Households
When 22-year-old Ifeoma Adindu, a final-year Biology Education student at a university in the South-East, developed a…
NPHCDA Lauds Kogi’s Investment In Primary Healthcare
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has commended the Kogi State Government for its investment…