By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Dikwa Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn Umar Ibrahim El-kanemi, CON, has appealed to his subjects across his Emirate to make their children available to health workers for polio immunization. The monarch made the appeal while flagging off the...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accused the tobacco industry of spreading misinformation and deliberately recruiting children when marketing e-cigarettes. The industry “funds and promotes false evidence to argue that these products reduce harm,’’ the UN agency said in Geneva on Thursday. It called for stricter regulations for...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The rate of infection of the Human Immune Virus (HIV) infection among key populations especially female sex workers, people who inject drugs, transgenders and gays in Nigeria is at an alarming rate of 38 percent, an Epidemiologist, Samuel Nwafor, has said. NATIONAL...
The Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) in Gombe State, on Thursday, announced that four of its members died for allegedly using herbal HIV treatment. The Programme Officer of the association, Mr Muhammad Ibrahim stated this in Gombe at an event to commemorate...
The Anambra State Aids Control Agency (ANSACA), has said no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra. Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Dr Afam Obidike, gave the statistics on Thursday in Awka during a media briefing ahead of 2023 World AIDS Day, observed every Dec....
The Federal Government has partnered the private sector to bridge the 29 million dollars procurement funding gap for family planning commodities to reduce maternal mortality. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, said this during a High Level Private Sector Forum on Family Planning...
The Advisor, Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries and Mental Health for Africa CDC, Dr Naeem Dalal, has stressed the need to stop cultural stereotypes that prevent African men from seeking emotional and mental wellness help. Dalal spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lusaka, Zambia, on the sideline...
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday raised an alarm over what it termed “increasing rate of Tuberculosis (TB) infection in Borno.” The organisation’s Head of Mission/Country Representative, Dr Walter Mulombo, expressed the organisation’s concern during the North-East Nigeria 13th WHO End-Term Joint Operations Review (JOR) in Yola. The...
No fewer than ten babies reported to have died of malnutrished related illness in Waru Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) Camp of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Mrs Fatima Mohammed, the Women Leader of the Camp disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Nigeria records about 590,000 new cases of Tuberculosis yearly, Prof. Sunday Aderibigbe, a Public Health Physician at the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, has said. Aderibighe made the submission in a paper he presented in Ilorin on Tuesday at the 2023 annual...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene are responsible for the deaths of about 1,000 children under five years annually while about 2 billion people globally lack basic hand washing facilities. “Globally, there are 3.5...
The Diabetes Association of Nigeria has said no fewer than 11.2 million Nigerians are presently living with the disease. President of the association, Dr Alkali Mohammed, revealed this on Monday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the 2023 World Diabetes Day (WDD). The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, has successfully performed maiden laser surgery to remove kidney stones. The surgery involves application of endoscopic and laser facility instead of instruments for surgical procedures to remove kidney stones. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Jibrin...
The Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has said it is targeting 388,180 girls aged nine to 14 years for vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to prevent them from cervical cancer. Dr Suleiman Bashir, the Executive Chairman of the agency, made this known in an interview...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA) on Wednesday said it has recorded no fewer than 653 cases of diphtheria outbreak in the state. The State Immunisation Officer of BSPHCDA, Alhaji Maina Modu, who disclosed this on Wednesday during a one day...
Green tea is a natural source of caffeine which makes a great way to perking yourself up when you are feeling tired. The good news is that green tea contains less caffeine than coffee meaning that one can sip this beverage through out the afternoon without significantly disturbing one’s...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Saudi-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSARelief), has said it will facilitate a surgical separation for the Nigerian conjoined twins Hassana and Husaina Hassan Isa from Kano. The twins, Hassana and Husaina are joined at the chest and share vital...
Zamfara State has recorded 1,188 cases of cholera and 50 of diphtheria across the 14 local government areas of the state since December 2022 when the diseases first broke out. The state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aishatu Anka disclosed this while distributing medical consumables at the Shagari Cholera...
Kaduna State recorded 156 cases of diphtheria and 20 concomitant deaths between March and September. The declaration was made in Kaduna on Wednesday by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shu’aib. He told newsmen after he led the National Task...