A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Stanley Egbogu, has advised the public to abstain from unsafe sexual practices to reduce the country’s new HIV infection figure. Egbogu, who works at the Nnamdi Azikwe Teaching Hospital, Awka, Anambra, said this in…
The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has screened 613 women for breast and cervical cancers in Cross River between Nov. 2021 till date. Dr Vivien Otu, President of MWAN in Cross River, disclosed this on Wednesday in Calabar during…
The Nigerian Orthopaedics Association (NOA) has advised Nigerians to conduct genotype test before marriage to avoid contracting sickle cell diseases. The President of the association, Dr Mohammed Salihu, gave the advice on Friday in Ilorin on the sidelines of the…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has called for renewed commitment to ending the spread of HIV and AIDS by the year 2030. He made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, ahead of the commemoration…
The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has warned against commercialising health facilities in Ekiti State. The organisation, who spoke through Mr Olu Ogunrotimi, Executive Director, Environmental Development and Family Health Organization, EDFHO, gave the warning in…
The People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has appealed to the Sokoto State Government to increase funds for HIV and AIDS in the budget. Hajia Balkisu Muhammad, a member of the PLWHA made the appeal during a townhall on the 2023…
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday in Abuja pledged to bequeath a country free from proliferation of substandard products. The Director-General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim, said this at a news conference to mark the official commencement of…
A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases with three out of four affected living in low and middle-income countries. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said this in a…
The acting Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr Monica Eimunjeze, will on Tuesday convene a meeting with directors of the agency. The Director of Public Affairs of the agency, Dr Jimoh Abubakar,…
South Korea on Friday confirmed two additional cases of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) strain of H5N1, bringing the total cases reported from poultry farms since this autumn to 18. According to officials, one of the cases was confirmed…
