CHOLERA OUTBREAK KILLS FIVE IN KENYA
Kenya’s government urged vigilance on Wednesday as it tackles a cholera outbreak that has killed at least five people, a health ministry official said. Cholera...
27 LAGOS PHCs TO RECEIVE UPGRADES IN FOUR MONTHS
….As Lagos Govt Commences Primary Healthcare Centre Upgrade Under Impact Project The Lagos State Government has embarked on the upgrade of 27 Primary Healthcare Centres...
HEALTH: NAFDAC TIGHTENS PHARMACEUTICAL IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INDIA
Nigeria's two biggest pharmaceutical trading partners, China and India, are the main sources of inferior and counterfeit goods that the National Agency for Food and...
HEALTH: SIERRA LEONE STARTS MPOX VACCINATION AS CASES RISE
Sierra Leone on Wednesday started injecting frontline health care workers and high risk-individuals and children from age 12 with a preventive mpox vaccination after securing...
DELTA NURSING STUDENT FACES SANCTION OVER VIRAL VIDEO ‘NA YOUR MAMA’
Osato Edobor, a student nurse at Delta State College of Nursing Sciences, has been subject to a disciplinary inquiry for reportedly filming and sharing an...
HEALTH: OGUN GOVT ANNOUNCES LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK, CONFIRMS DEATH OF CORPS MEMBER
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has declared an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state with a casualty. The commissioner...
LASSA FEVER CLAIMS CORPER LIFE IN OGUN
Dr. Tomi Coker, the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, announced a Lassa virus outbreak in the state on Tuesday. According to Coker, a 25-year-old female...
GENE THERAPY OFFERS ALTERNATIVE CURE FOR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA IN THE US
Sebastien Beauzile, a 21-year-old from Laurelton, Long Island, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell anemia through...
DIPHTHERIA DEATH TOLL INCREASES TO 1,319 NATIONWIDE
Nigeria has reported 25,812 confirmed cases of diphtheria out of 42,642 suspected cases across 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory, and 350 local government areas...
ADEKANYE MAKES HISTORY AS EDUCATION DISTRICT II LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER STAFF CLINIC
In a groundbreaking move to enhance staff welfare, the Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS) Mrs. Anike Adekanye, has launched the first-ever in-house clinic within the District Headquarters,...