Dr Okai Aku, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) on Tuesday said Nigeria had the human and material resources to deliver on the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines. Aku, a public health expert, said this in an interview with…
…J&J vaccines donated have two-year expiry date — Hawkins …A total of 12m doses of J&J vaccines currently in stock — NPHCDA ED By Gloria Akudoro, Abuja The European Union has officially handed-over 2 million doses of Johnson and Johnson…
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) have suspended their two-day warning strike. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday in Akure by the president of the association,…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Thursday, described female genital mutilation (FGM) as a human rights violation that must be stopped. Country Representative of UNFPA, Ms Ulla Mueller, said this at public awareness campaign, organised by United Nations to…
A Senior Registrar in Psychiatry, Dr Samuel Aladejare, has identified uncontrolled sugar level, hypertension, high cholesterol and smoking, as risk factors for memory loss irrespective of age. Aladejare, also the President, Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, stated…
The number of Coronavirus infections detected worldwide has risen to more than 400 million since the pandemic began, according to the latest data on Wednesday. The Johns Hopkins University monitor recorded the latest grim milestone just over a month after…
…launches health insurance scheme for informal sector Ogun State government says it has paid up a total sum of N200 million grant to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund as part of its resolve to take advantage of the health…
A Consultant Cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr Bode Falase, has appealed to governments at all levels as well as philanthropists and NGOs to assist in funding heart surgeries to save patients’ lives. Falase, Head, Cardiothoracic Division at the Lagos State University Teaching…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday registered 22 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in four states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC, via its verified website on Monday morning, said that the additional figure coronavirus…
Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), in partnership with Global Network of Persons Living With HIV (GNP+), has advocated for end to all forms of violation against women and children living with HIV. Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim, National…
