By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Ministry of Health has launched a comprehensive state-wide, school-based deworming exercise to treat against soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and Schistosomiasis (SCH) that are particularly common in children, will commenced on April 24 through 29, 2024. The treatment will take place...
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No fewer than eight deaths and 208 suspected cases related to a mysterious illness have been recorded in Sokoto State, an official disclosed. Center Manger of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Sokoto State, Dr Ibrahim Usman, made this known in his presentation during an interactive session...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Mrs. Eyoanwaan Bassey Otu, has flagged off the third edition of the Free Medical Outreach at Akamkpa Local Government Area in collaboration with Faith Care Outreach. The medical outreach is part of one of...
The Managing Director of a private eye clinic in Warri, Delta, Dr Comfort Omo-Irabor, has said people with dark brown eyes have higher risk of developing cataract than those with lighter eyes. Omo-Irabor, an Eye Specialist and Consultant in low vision, disclosed this in an interview with the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Dikwa, Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn Umar Ibrahim El-kanemi has appealed to the people in his emirate to make their children available to the health workers for polio immunization campaign across the emirate council. The royal father made the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sanctioned two pizza outlets in the FCT for using expired dough blend seasoning. The FCT Director of NAFDAC, Mr Ozigis Abdulsalam, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday....
The Mandate Secretary, FCT Health Services and Environment, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, says two Lassa fever cases have been confirmed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) out of four suspected cases. Fasawe disclosed this on Monday at a news conference on the latest outbreak of the disease in Abuja....
Prof. Ademola Popoola of Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has warned that penile erection after 30 minutes in sexual intercourse is purposeless, dangerous and harmful to men. Popoola raised the alarm in Ilorin during his paper presentation at the 250th Inaugural Lecture of the university, entitled:...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has reported 13 cases of Dengue fever in Sokoto state, sparking concerns about the low level of awareness among Nigerians regarding this mosquito-borne illness. Despite efforts to combat the disease, there remains a pressing need for increased public education and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Dikwa Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn Umar Ibrahim El-kanemi, CON, has appealed to his subjects across his Emirate to make their children available to health workers for polio immunization. The monarch made the appeal while flagging off the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accused the tobacco industry of spreading misinformation and deliberately recruiting children when marketing e-cigarettes. The industry “funds and promotes false evidence to argue that these products reduce harm,’’ the UN agency said in Geneva on Thursday. It called for stricter regulations for...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The rate of infection of the Human Immune Virus (HIV) infection among key populations especially female sex workers, people who inject drugs, transgenders and gays in Nigeria is at an alarming rate of 38 percent, an Epidemiologist, Samuel Nwafor, has said. NATIONAL...
The Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) in Gombe State, on Thursday, announced that four of its members died for allegedly using herbal HIV treatment. The Programme Officer of the association, Mr Muhammad Ibrahim stated this in Gombe at an event to commemorate...
The Anambra State Aids Control Agency (ANSACA), has said no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra. Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Dr Afam Obidike, gave the statistics on Thursday in Awka during a media briefing ahead of 2023 World AIDS Day, observed every Dec....
The Federal Government has partnered the private sector to bridge the 29 million dollars procurement funding gap for family planning commodities to reduce maternal mortality. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, said this during a High Level Private Sector Forum on Family Planning...
The Advisor, Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries and Mental Health for Africa CDC, Dr Naeem Dalal, has stressed the need to stop cultural stereotypes that prevent African men from seeking emotional and mental wellness help. Dalal spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lusaka, Zambia, on the sideline...
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday raised an alarm over what it termed “increasing rate of Tuberculosis (TB) infection in Borno.” The organisation’s Head of Mission/Country Representative, Dr Walter Mulombo, expressed the organisation’s concern during the North-East Nigeria 13th WHO End-Term Joint Operations Review (JOR) in Yola. The...
No fewer than ten babies reported to have died of malnutrished related illness in Waru Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) Camp of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Mrs Fatima Mohammed, the Women Leader of the Camp disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Nigeria records about 590,000 new cases of Tuberculosis yearly, Prof. Sunday Aderibigbe, a Public Health Physician at the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, has said. Aderibighe made the submission in a paper he presented in Ilorin on Tuesday at the 2023 annual...