The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has apprehended a 32-year-old businessman, Obinna Igbo, for alleged importation and sale of fake Amanta Forte, an unregistered anti-malarial drug. Mr. Igbo has however, been arraigned before a Federal…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that between 1st January to 29th May, 2022, the country has reported 66 suspected cases of monkeypox. Of the suspected cases, according to the centre, 21 were confirmed in nine States, saying…
A non-govern mental organisation, Loving Heart of Faith Foundation, in commemoration of World Menstrual hygiene day, sensitised female students in Osogbo, Osun State on menstruation and puberty changes. The menstrual hygiene day celebrated every May 28 worldwide was characterised by…
…Say insensitivity to symptoms have caused many homes irreparable damages …Report reveals many sick, depressed women suffering from menopause By Moses Adeniyi Medical and social relationship experts have observed that many cases of depression and sicknesses linked to mystical interpretations…
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Field Office in Bauchi State, Mr Tushar Rane, said 646 community-based frontline healthcare workers are receiving training in primary healthcare gender responsiveness. Rane said this at the launch of the three-day training on Thursday in…
An NGO, Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), on Thursday, distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits worth N12 million to 85 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Kano, Kaduna and FCT. The Executive Director of the Federation, Dr. Okai Aku, disclosed…
…Call for collaborative efforts …As migration of professionals to UK, US, Canada, others skyrockets …126 pharmacists inducted into WAPCP By Moses Adeniyi Although no less than 126 new trained pharmacists were this week inducted into the West African Postgraduate College…
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, on Thursday, reiterated Federal Government’s commitment to improving the health of Nigerians. He made the government’s position known at the 6th National Council on AIDS with the theme “Innovative Approaches…
…as migration of professionals skyrockets …126 pharmacists inducted into WAPCP By Moses Adeniyi Stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry have lamented West Africa risks medicine crisis, if prompt actions were not taken to avert the increasing problems of brain-drain in the…
…Our eye centre facilities now top notch in Nigeria — HoD Ophthalmology Kwara State Hospital Management Bureau has said the ongoing refurbishment and quality of equipment now available at the dental clinic and eye care centres at the General Hospital…
