By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Hypertension Society has tasked the general public on the need for regular medical check-up as part of measures to reduce the risk of complications from hypertension. This is contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday and co-signed by the society’s...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus, which began around a year ago was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this while speaking to journalists in Geneva, a day after the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organization (WHO) has organized a 5-day training workshop on Emergency Coordination/Preparedness Response for 98 public health emergency personnel drawn from the 27 LGAs, development partners and public health organizations in Borno State. The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Profeasor Mohammed Alhaji Arab,...
A baby has been born using three people’s DNA for the first time in Britain. Most of the child’s DNA came from their two parents but about 0.1 per cent was from a third person, another woman. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) said “less than five” babies...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says one pregnant woman or newborn dies every seven seconds as global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies, has flatlined for eight years. WHO, in a new report published on Tuesday, attributed the increase in maternal and newborn deaths to decreasing...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has emphasised the importance of maintaining clean and safe health through proper and frequent washing of hands to reduce the risk of infections and ensure healthy living. Dr Tochi Okwor, Assistant Director, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), NCDC, said this...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), has expressed concern over the revelation of the alleged presence of a carcinogenic compound (Ethylyne Oxide) in Indomie Instant Noodles ‘Special Chicken Flavour’. , The Director General/CEO of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, in a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has assured the general public that the implicated Indomie Instant Noodles ‘Special Chicken Flavour’ is not registered by NAFDAC for sale in Nigeria. The assurance followed the news of recall of Indomie instant...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports of banning Indomie instant noodles and has assured consumers that the product is safe for consumption. It should be recalled that health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan had claimed to detect ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) North East Zone has trained no fewer than 60 journalists from Borno and Yobe states and other public health stakeholders on the dangers of bleaching creams, use of chemicals in body sprays, lotions...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Abuja alerted Nigerians about a killer cough syrup, NATURCOLD. Its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the cough syrup already caused the death of six children in Cameroon. Adeyeye stated that the cough syrup was not in NAFDAC’s...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nassarawa State Government says the state has recorded a total of 182, 678 malaria cases between January and march this year. The State Commissioner of Health, Pharmacist Ahmed Baba Yahaya disclosed this Wednesday in Lafia, at a press briefing to mark this year’s ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)says it has trained about 800 journalists on dangers of bleaching cream to enable them effectively enlighten the public. The agency’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Abubakar Jimoh, made this known on Wednesday in Maiduguri at the launch of...
President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has emphasized the need for joint actions by global stakeholders to achieve the collective goal of eliminating malaria disease by 2030. Dangote, also United Nations’ Malaria Ambassador for Nigeria, said this in his World Malaria Day statement titled; “With Urgent Investment, Innovation and...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 6.2 million Nigerian children are zero doses (unvaccinated), a consequence of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2021. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a news conference to celebrate...
Nurse Oluwatosin Ogunlowo, Nursing Department, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Eleyele Branch, Ile-Ife, has admonished Nigerians to eschew self medication in treating malaria. Ogunlowo stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, in Ile-Ife. She said that every year on April...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) in partnership with General Electric (GE) have trained over 400 midwives and nurses on the use of V-Scan Portable Hand-held Ultrasound machines in order to ensure safer births in the country. The training programme was done with donation of eight...
The Health Policy Research Group (HPRG), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has lauded the Federal Government’s effort in preventing and eradicating malaria in the country. Dr Chinyere Okeke, a member of the research group, gave the commendation in a message to mark “2023 World Malaria Day” on Tuesday in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), said that the national multi-sectoral Cerebrospinal Meningitis Technical Working Group (TWG) continued to monitor response to the disease across states. The NCDC, via its official website on Sunday, said between October 2022 and April 2, about 235 confirmed cases had...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Director-General of West African Health Organization (WAHO), Dr. Melchior Athanase J. C Aissi, has stressed the need to continue to strengthen the capacity of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC), if it is to achieve the objective of responding effectively...