Ado: Parents in Ado Community of Nasarawa State have decried the rising cost of sanitary pads, saying it is making menstrual hygiene increasingly difficult for women and girls. A cross-section of parents bared their minds in interviews with the News A…
Abuja: The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, has announced that Nigeria has recorded more than 65,000 suspected cholera cases across 35 states and approximately 195 Local Government Areas…
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: 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: 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…
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…
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…
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…