Dr Thomson Nduka, a Public Health Expert, says the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, yet it is under diagnosed in the country. Nduka told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, that as many as 90 per cent of Nigerians who had CKD...
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A Consultant Nephrologist, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Dr Yemi Raji, has advised Nigerians to embrace prevention as the best treatment for kidney problems. Raji gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday. He spoke on the 2023 World Kidney Day...
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has cautioned Nigerians against continuous use of bleaching creams, saying it poses enormous danger to human health. Adeyeye spoke at the Media Sensitisation Workshop on the Dangers of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Control organised...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says an estimated 1.5 billion people globally live with hearing loss. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, made this known in her message to mark and commemorate the 2023 World Hearing Day with theme:’Ear and hearing care for all! Let’s make...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday announced the outbreak of cholera in 23 countries, warning that 20 more countries sharing land borders with the affected countries are at risk. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, stated this during the bloc’s online media conference. Ghebreyesus further said that a total...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts towards the provision of high quality primary healthcare to the vulnerable in hard-to- reach communities, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has extended the integrated free medical outreach to the three senatorial districts of Kogi state. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organization (WHO) has supported the treatments of 32, 215 mental health patients as well as provided mental health care sessions conducted in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in Northeast Nigeria. The WHO Health Emergencies Response Manager, Borno state, Mr. Beatrice Muraguri disclosed...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A House of Representatives candidate for Akwanga, Wamba and Nasarawa Eggon, federal constituency, Patrick Adigizi, has offered free medical services to over 500 persons in Nasarawa. The free medical care took place at the weekend at General Hospital, Akwanga, in Nasarawa State. Adigizi, who...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has unveiled a Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework today providing a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The unveiling, is coming as the world observed the world cancer day, celebrated every year on Feb. 4...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has flagged-off an Integrated Medical Outreach, in Karshi to be conducted across all the 62 political wards in the Territory. The free medical outreach powered by Nigerians Unite for Tinubu/Shettima Mandate was targeted at the vulnerables...
Ondo State Government says plans are on to address the acute shortage of health workers within the health system in the state. Prof. Francis Faduyile, Special Adviser to the governor on Health, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Akure....
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says the government will implement a “One for One Replacement” to close the gaps of doctors leaving the country. Ehanire made this known while speaking at the Healthcare Federation Of Nigeria 2023 Annual Conference held in Lagos on Friday. The News Agency...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – As part of efforts to sanitize the Ministry of Health, The Cross River State Government has vowed to deal decisively with medical officers who leave their area of posting. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong during a Ministerial Briefing...
Kogi has recorded six cases of Lassa fever, the Director of Disease Control in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Austin Ojotule, said in Lokoja on Friday. “As it is now, we are battling with six cases of Lassa fever in the state, but the situation is under control,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigerian researchers engaged in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund-sponsored Vaccine Development Mega Research Project at Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, have successfully handed over the Covid-19 DNA vaccine candidate for preclinical trials in Nigeria. The academics, in a symbolic handover of the vaccine candidate in...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will intensify the fight against substandard and fake drugs in the country with the implementation of pharmaceutical traceability strategy to safeguard the health of the Nigerian populace. The Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this at at a workshop in...
The Bauchi State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), conducted a one-day sensitisation on Lassa fever for its members on Sunday. It centered on Lassa fever infection and transmission among health workers. Bauchi State recorded 1,106 suspected cases of Lassa fever in 2022, 162 of which were confirmed....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Future Assured Cardiac Mission convened by the First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has concluded its assignment. The First Lady convened the mission to conduct cardiac surgeries on underprivileged Nigerians suffering from cardiac diseases. Speaking during a ceremony to mark...
The US says it has disbursed more than 7.8 billion dollars through its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to help Nigeria boost the fight against HIV/AIDS. This is contained in a statement on Saturday by the US diplomatic mission to Nigeria commemorating the 20th anniversary of “Impact...
Nigeria recorded 23,550 suspected cases of cholera in 2022 with Borno taking the lead with 12,459 cases. The country also lost 583 lives to the scourge in 2022, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said on Friday in Abuja. He told the...