Benin: The Edo Government has revealed that approximately 60 percent of reported child abuse cases managed by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development involve incest, with a significant number of these cases being father-daughter sexual ab…
Abuja: A medical doctor at a Dei-Dei hospital in Abuja, Dr Ummusalma Faruk, has urged Nigerians to pay closer attention to their lifestyle and dietary habits to general health, warning that several preventable risk factors could increase the risk of k…
Kampala: Uganda has officially declared its Ebola outbreak over after completing 42 consecutive days without recording a new confirmed case, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and WHO said Thursday. This marks a signifi…
Cairo: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has announced an investment of up to 16.5 million dollars in collaboration with Minapharm Group to advance a Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate into clinical trials. This initiativ…
Abuja: The Federal Government has been urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) and increase domestic investment in health research to safeguard Nigeria’s public health system amid declining international donor funding. Prof. Alash’le Abimiku, Ex…
Abuja: No fewer than 4,000 retirees in Enugu State have enrolled in the free Universal Health Insurance programme initiated by the state government. The enrolment exercise, conducted at the International Conference Centre in Enugu, saw participation f…
Abuja: Prof. Prosper Okonkwo, a public health expert, has called for sustainable domestic financing of Nigeria’s HIV response, protection of its laboratory network, and integration of HIV treatment into health insurance. Okonkwo made the call in his i…
Abuja: Meta says it has reached an agreement with 52 bipartisan U.S. state attorneys general to introduce stronger protections and parental controls for teenage users of its social media platforms. Its Chief Legal Officer, Curtis Mahoney, made the dis…