The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has said it will screen passengers coming into the country, using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RTD). Dr Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services, said this on Monday in Abuja, during the Ministerial bi-weekly meeting on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says no new healthcare worker is infected in the reporting week 52, of the Lassa Fever in the country. The NCDC via its official website, on Saturday, said the 52nd-week report…
Health authority in New South Wales (NSW) Australia on Friday, urged local communities to stay alert to signs and symptoms of invasive bacterial infections, as related cases recently increased across the state. The NSW Ministry of Health said in a…
Research into new cancer treatments could be sped up by a government deal with a leading pharmaceutical company, British Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said. Barclay is due to sign a memorandum of understanding with Germany’s BioNTech on Friday, to…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says data remains essential for the organisation to carry out regular, rapid and robust risk assessments of the current situation of COVID-19. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said this during an online media briefing on…
In a bid to enhance the fight against illicit drugs abuse in the country, the new Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Abuse Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Monisola Christianah Adeyeye has mapped out five years Strategic goals to…
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Adicare Rehabilitation Home, on Tuesday said the abuse of social media and entertainment is injurious to mental health. The President of the organisation, Mrs Veronica Ezeh, said this in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. Ezeh…
President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) has reappointed the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye. A statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by NAFDAC Director of Public Affairs, Dr Abubakar…
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), on Friday commenced five days total strike over assault on one of its members. Dr Mubaraq Ijaiya, the President of ARD-UITH chapter, confirmed this in Ilorin while addressing…
An America-based Family Medicine Specialist, Dr Nosa Aigbe-Lebarty, says it is necessary to get both Nigerians within and outside the country to invest in the country’s health care system, to promote healthy living for all. Aigbe-Lebarty, who is currently building…
