The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has commended Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi over outstanding 100 per cent performance of Enugu State in the just-concluded National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDS) campaign. Enugu State conducted a massive statewide NIPDs immunization campaign…
Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, on Thursday said that access to HIV services was key to eliminating Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT). Aliyu said this at an award ceremony to honour persons whose…
Stakeholders partnering to end the scourge of tuberculosis in Nigeria have stressed the need for increased awareness ahead of the March 24 World Tuberculosis Day celebration. They said this on Thursday in Abuja at a Pre-World TB Day Press Briefing.…
Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) Lafia in Nasarawa state on Thursday presented award of excellence to its team of health workers who battled the COVID-19 pandemic. Posthumous award was also presented to two medical doctors who died in the line…
By Isaac Olamikan Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the newly upgraded state-owned College of Nursing Sciences will develop the human capacity to sustain ongoing reforms in the healthcare system and improve access to quality and affordable healthcare…
A consultant nephrologist, Prof. Toyin Amira, has advised Nigerians and especially, commercial drivers, to desist from excessive intake of herbal mixtures in order to prevent kidney damages or failure. Amira, who works at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba,…
Chairman of Nigeria Optometric Association, Cross River chapter, Dr Onyebuchi Ndukwe has advised regular screening of the eyes as many Nigerians above 40 are at a higher risk of contracting glaucoma. Speaking to journalists in Calabar, the state capital, to…
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has identified three candidate drugs to be repositioned and repurposed for the treatment and eradication of Lassa fever. Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General of NABDA, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen on Friday in…
By Lateef Akintunde One of the prayers for pregnant women in Western Nigeria is – “Agbohun lya a gbohun Omo.” Meaning, the pregnant women shall successfully deliver their babies without hitch. This emphasised the high value the society attached to…
An infectious diseases physician, Dr Iorhen Akase, has appealed to federal and state governments to review their COVID-19 response guidelines to suit the current infection figures. Akase, Head of Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH),…
