The Nigerian Medical Association has urged President Bola Tinubu to appropriate health sector financing with the Abuja 2001 Declaration of at least 15 per cent of the annual national budget.…

A group, the Foundation for Consumer Freedom Advancement, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to adopt Sweden’s model for tackling tobacco smoking and its harmful effects. The…

Pharmaceutical Company, Pfizer, has said Nigeria has less than 15 cancer treatment centres in Nigeria and insufficient oncologists. A statement by the organisation emphasised that due to few oncologists in…

Prof. Musa Muhibi, a Haematologist, is the Dean of Faculty of Applied Health Science at the Edo State University. In this interview with ADEYINKA ADEDIPE talks about blood transfusion and…

Sickle cell anaemia is a complex inherited disease affecting the blood and other organs of the body. Living with a chronic disease like sickle cell can be difficult to manage…

The Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, Prof Prof. Saad Ahmed urged the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation for the hospital to improve medical services…

Mrs Ijeoma Onuorah, a reproductive health expert, says that the use of contraceptives for family planning does not cause cancer but reduces the risk of cancer. Onuorah said this at…

…drug prices rise by 300% Pharmacists have lamented the scarcity of drugs produced by GlaxoSmithKline in Nigeria. They say the scarcity is due to supply chain shortage, shortage of foreign…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has revealed that a larger percentage of trafficking and adoption crimes in the country are committed by women. Director-General, NAPTIP,…

The Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Health Care Professional Association have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike. The National Vice President of JOHESU, Dr…