The WHO AFRO says more efforts are needed to scale up COVID-19 vaccination in the African Region as many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line. According to it, less than two per cent of the world’s 690…
A recent study conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom has found that a drug that medical doctors usually prescribe for the treatment of erectile dysfunction could also treat heart failure. Following…
Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, has appealed to the resident doctors to call off their strike in the interest of patients that needed care at this critical time. Ehanire made the call at a media briefing on Wednesday in…
The University College Hospitality (UCH) Ibadan on Wednesday took delivery of triplets of the first In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) carried out in the hospital. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists by the UCH spokesperson, Mr Toye…
The Federal Government has said the National Association of Resident Doctors has lost all moral and legal grounds to continue its seven-day-old strike, urging them to call off the action. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Ogun State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that all residents in the nooks and crannies of the State have access to qualitative and affordable healthcare services. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, who…
Kogi began vaccination against COVID-19 on Wednesday in Lokoja. First set of recipients of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were health workers and frontline essential non-health workers. Newsmen reports that Kogi took delivery of 16, 900 doses of the vaccine on Monday.…
By Ayo Fadimu The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians that the US has placed all alcohol-based hand sanitisers, manufactured in neighbouring Mexico, on its watchlist. The information is contained in a public…
The Federal Government has received 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, confirmed this on Tuesday at the national briefing…
Youth leaders and civil society groups in Nigeria have urged the government to invest in equity-enhancing strategies to restore crumbling services for women, newborns, children and adolescents. The Executive Director of the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), Dr Aminu Magashi,…
