Health

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Education Health

Genesis Medical Diagnostics Holds Health Education Seminar for Igbo Community in Ogbomoso, Offers Free Hepatitis B Testing

Akanji Philip June 1, 2025

OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE – Genesis Medical Diagnostics Centre conducted a comprehensive health education seminar for the Igbo Community in Ogbomoso on Saturday, May 31 2025, focusing on preventive healthcare awareness and early disease detection....

3 Minutes

Health

Health Ministry Counters Oyakhilome’s Salt Claims, Warns of Public Health Risks

Akanji Philip May 8, 2025

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has warned Nigerians to avoid consuming too much salt following a viral video in which Pastor Chris Oyakhilome encouraged increased salt intake. Oyakhilome, president and...

2 Minutes

Health

BREAKING: Measles outbreak hits Nasarawa community

Akanji Philip April 23, 2025

The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of measles in Rukubi community, Doma Local Government Area, just months ahead of the scheduled introduction of a combined measles and rubella vaccine across...

2 Minutes

Health

NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Fake Malaria Drug in Circulation

Akanji Philip April 16, 2025

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday alerted the public of the presence of a counterfeit Artemether/Lumefantrine malaria tablet, circulating under the brand name Aflotin 20/120 in Nigeria....

3 Minutes

Health

Safe Motherhood 2025: TCI Nigeria makes motherhood safer with Family Planning across States

VAM News April 11, 2025

News Update Abuja, Nigeria — As the world commemorates Safe Motherhood Day 2025 under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,” Nigeria celebrates a quiet but powerful revolution safeguarding the lives of mothers and children:...

6 Minutes

Foreign Health

BREAKING: Gene therapy delivers alternative sickle cell cure in US

Akanji Philip March 17, 2025

21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile from Laurelton, Long Island, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell anemia using the innovative Lyfgenia gene therapy. This pioneering treatment, administered...

3 Minutes

Health

WHO: 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer yearly

Akanji Philip February 13, 2025

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, says that every year, an estimated 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer. Ghebreyesus said this on Wednesday during an online media conference on global health...

2 Minutes

Health

BREAKING: WHO unveils free cancer medicine platform for children in poor countries

Akanji Philip February 11, 2025

The World Health Organisation launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates. The...

5 Minutes

Health Job & Career

Community Health Graduates Decry Unemployment, Discrimination in Medical Field, Call for Urgent Reforms

Akanji Philip February 8, 2025 0 Comment

Community Health graduates of Foreign Links Campus, College of Health Technology, Moro, Ile-Ife, Osun State (2021/2022 set) have expressed frustration over their struggle for employment and recognition in the medical field. They report facing...

1 Minute

Health Local News

JUST IN: NOA sensitises Yobe communities on meningitis, lassa fever, cholera

Akanji Philip February 6, 2025 0 Comment

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has initiated a sensitisation campaign in Yobe to educate communities on cerebrospinal meningitis, lassa fever, and cholera. Speaking during the campaign in Damaturu on Wednesday, Alhaji Ali Audu,...