Health

Nigeria, Others Losing $95bn in Productivity Due to Unsafe Food Intake

Nigeria's federal government has said consumption of unsafe or contaminated food was causing the country and other low income economies…

2 years ago

WHO : Natural Immunity to Slash Africa’s Covid Deaths Ny 94% in 2022

Deaths on the African continent from Covid-19 are expected to fall by nearly 94 per cent in 2022 compared to…

2 years ago

Nigeria: Edo Pledges to Improve Access to Healthcare through Telemedicine Initiative

The Edo State Government has said the telemedicine programme it plan to launch today in partnership with the Association of…

2 years ago

200,000 Undetected Tuberculosis Infections Occur Annually in Nigeria, Says FG

Nigeria's federal government on Thursday said despite significant progress made in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in the country,…

2 years ago

Nigeria Seeks Vaccine to Halt Spread of Monkeypox, Denies Russia’s Allegation of Having Laboratories with Virus

Nigeria's federal government on Tuesday revealed that it was collaborating with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United States…

2 years ago

Monkeypox: Russia Urges WHO to Investigate US-Funded Laboratories in Nigeria

Russia is urging the WHO leadership to investigate the activities of US-funded Nigerian laboratories in Abuja, Zaria and Lagos, Chief…

2 years ago

Nigeria Declares Emergency Over Monkeypox Disease

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has activated a national multisectoral Emergency Operations Centre for Monkeypox (MPX-EOC)…

2 years ago

NAFDAC Rejects Iwu’s Claims Over Detox Tea Covid Cure

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied the claims of efficacy of IHP Detox…

2 years ago

WHO Says No Evidence Monkeypox Virus Has Mutated

The World Health Organization does not have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated, a senior executive at the U.N.…

2 years ago

Nigeria to Set Up Fund to Cover 83m Poor Citizens, as Buhari Signs National Health Authority Bill into Law

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the recently passed National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022, which repealed the National…

2 years ago