NAFDAC seeks end to use of bleaching creams
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has disclosed that it’s efforts aimed at safeguarding the health of Nigerians is still threatened by “the dangerous tide of…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has disclosed that it’s efforts aimed at safeguarding the health of Nigerians is still threatened by “the dangerous tide of…
The Acting Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Ahmed Ouma said 4,100 people die from Tuberculosis worldwide everyday. Dr Ouma also said over 25 per cent of…
…300 health facilities flooded The devastation by Tropical Cyclone Freddy is exposing major health risks in the hardest-hit southern Africa countries where emergency response efforts are being ramped up…
Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, Akinbode Oluwafemi, has called on the government, relevant authorities and stakeholders in the water industry, to push efforts towards making water…
Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide, including in Nigeria. Unfortunately, not many people know they have the condition because they are not diagnosed and remain…
A non-governmental organization, Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria has decried the alarming rate of malnutrition among girls, and women and the poor budgetary allocation to nutrition in…
The Okoroafor Chinaza Ogechi Foundation on Tuesday urged women and girls to embrace menstrual hygiene. The foundation said this during its sensitisation outreach at the Internally Displaced People camp in…
All hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills, according to a study published on Tuesday. The researchers who carried out the study…
Tanzania on Tuesday confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after laboratory tests were carried out following reports of cases and deaths in the country’s north-west Kagera region. This…
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has urged countries to work together to prevent future epidemics and pandemics. Ghebreyesus made the call in a…