Ogun commissioner urges parents to embrace child immunisation

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Monday, emphasised the need for parents and guardians to ensure that their children are...

Resident doctors lament staff shortage at FMC Abeokuta

The Association of Resident Doctors at Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has called for urgent action to address the serious shortage of medical...

NCS auto crash: Kwara to pay medical bills of victims 

The Kwara State Government has said that it will pay the medical bills of the seven victims of the Nigerian Correctional Service Vehicle accident...

FGM: Why Nigeria women must save their children from circumcision

Even though Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, is recognised worldwide as a fundamental violation of the human rights of girls and women, communities in Nigeria...

Why states must lead HIV response – NACA DG

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Gambo Aliyu, on Wednesday, challenged every state in the country to...

Ogun raises concerns over rising blindness among factory workers

The Ogun State government has called on factories operating in the state to ensure that their workers are provided with proper kits, including protective...

Private Hospital Shut Down For Transfusing Unscreened Blood To Patients

A private hospital located at Ago-Okota in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Laos State has been closed for allegedly collecting and transfusing unscreened and...

LASUTH-delivered conjoined twins die

A set of conjoined twins, delivered by medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, are dead. Chief Medical Director, LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo...

What you never knew about breast cancer

In a global effort to raise awareness on breast cancer, the World Health Organisation in 2015 designated October as Pink Month. Pink Month is a...

Diphtheria kills 600 in 19 states, NPHCDA recommends face mask

The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, on Wednesday, said 19 states and the...

Life first, don’t demand police report to save life – Health Minister Pate charges...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has urged hospitals across the nation to put saving lifes first before any...

No cause for alarm over HPV vaccine – Ogun healthcare boss

The Executive Secretary of Ogun State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Elijah Ogunsola, has called on residents of the state to support the successful...

Pate to priorities strengthening health sector

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, has said that strengthening health sector governance, and institutions, and ensuring efficient, resilient...

Experts call for robust implementation of Mental Health Act

Mental health experts have called on Federal Government to ensure proper implementation of the Mental Health Act in Nigeria. The call was made as today...

Egypt achieves target needed to eliminate hepatitis C

Egypt has become the first country to achieve the ‘gold tier’ status on the path of eliminating hepatitis C as per the World Health...

Ex-NBA President, Akpata Reveals Battle With Cancer

Speaking on Sunday on the occasion of the celebration of his 51st birthday in Benin, Akpata said it is a miracle that he is...

Japa: FG okays contract jobs for retired doctors

The Federal Government has approved the appointment of doctors, nurses, and other clinical healthcare workers as contract staff after attaining their compulsory retirement age...

Over 75,000 US healthcare workers begin strike

More than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare workers strikes in recent US history on Wednesday after failing to...

Brain drain: FG to raise medical, dental schools’ enrolment to 10,000

The Federal Government has put in place plans and strategies to double the population of medical and dental doctors from 5,000 to 10,000 starting...

FG plans national diphtheria lab as cases hit 13,204

The Federal Government is finalising plans to establish a national diphtheria laboratory for the testing of suspected diphtheria cases. The development comes amid rising cases...