Health

Over 66.1% Kebbi children stunted, USAID steps up efforts to ensure food safety The Country Head of Eatsafe Programme in Nigeria, funded by the United States Agency for International…

Healthcare Insurance scheme: Agency enrolls 33,938 Kebbi beneficiaries into contributory scheme The Kebbi State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KECHEMA) has enrolled 33,938…

UDUTH disowns viral pictures of HIV patients in circulation The management of Usman DanFodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto has disowned viral pictures of eleven patients of…

No record of Indian COVID-19 variant in Edo, says Obaseki Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday said that there was no record of Indian COVID-19 variant in the state, as was speculated on…

Asthma, not curse or spiritual attack, says Physician A General Physician, Dr Peter Atangwho, says Asthma is not a curse or spiritual attack, but a lung disease that can be effectively…

NMA tasks FG on revamping local vaccines production The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the Federal Government to spare no efforts at revamping Local Vaccines…

FG okays second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine for eligible Nigerians Nigeria will begin  administering the the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines on eligible Nigerians…

Nigeria cannot start local production of  COVID-19 vaccines yet, says FG The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that local production of COVID-19 vaccines cannot start now…

Coronavirus:The world in ‘perilous situation’ By Pandemic's grip, says WHO chief Amidst an “unacceptably high plateau” in COVID-19 cases and deaths globally, the UN health agency chief…

NAFDAC sensitizes MSMEs on product registration, value addition .The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)  has commenced a nationwide sensitisation…