Health

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 109 new cases of lassa fever and 20 deaths across 16 states in one week (26 February to 3 March). NCDC disclosed…

The General Manager, Osun Waste Management Agency, OWMA, Sanitarian Fatai Oladosu Oyewole, has advised residents of Osun State to remain well hydrated by taking water intermittently in…

Over 500 recover from meningitis in Yobe – official No fewer than 564 patients out of the 636 recorded cases of meningitis outbreak in Yobe have recovered, an official has said. Mr…

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has asserted that giving birth at health facilities by women can reduce drastically, the rate of mortality of children…

Nigeria pioneers new vaccine for meningitis outbreak Nigeria is to become the first country to receive a groundbreaking new MenFive vaccine aimed at combating meningitis outbreaks in the…

Lassa Fever claims 19 in Taraba Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo At least Nineteen persons are confirmed killed by Lassa fever between January and February this year at Federal Medical…

Governor Nurudeen Jackson Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has been commended by the Chairman of the State Primary Health Care Development, Alhaji Adisa Tajudeen for approving renovation of…

His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Dikwa, Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn Umar Ibrahim El-kanemi has appealed to the people in his emirate to make their children available to the health workers for polio…

Red Cross sensitises Yobe stakeholders to Diphtheria The Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS) in Yobe, has trained stakeholders to enhance awareness creation on the symptoms and preventive…

2024 budget reveals health funding gaps in states Stakeholders in the health sector have said that the 2024 budget by the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),…