The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that there are 961 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) and 56 deaths in 2022. CSM, an...
No fewer than 320,000 children ages nine months and 59 months will be vaccinated by the Ekiti State Government under the integrated measles campaign from Oct....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has on Tuesday formally launched its first-of-its-kind research blueprint for tackling dementia. WHO announced that around 55 million people have dementia...
Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma has approved free medical care for workers in the state’s workforce. This is part of the state’s Social Health Insurance Scheme....
Nigeria is presently at high risk of importing Ebola from Uganda. This is according to a statement by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC on...
Sweden’s Svante Paabo wins Nobel prize in medicine for his work on human evolution. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to Sweden’s Svante...
The World Health Organization WHO has on Friday warned of a “worrying upsurge” in cholera outbreaks, after years of steady decline. The WHO disclosed that in...
The establishment of a Federal teaching hospital in Taraba State has been approved by the Federal Government. Approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, the teaching hospital is...
The Kaduna state government has disclosed that it has enrolled about 136,507 poor and vulnerable population into the Kaduna State health insurance scheme. Head of Administration...
The United States Agency For International Development USAID has disclosed that at least 55, 000 Nigerians die of rabies every year. It said rabid dogs account...