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…
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Safe Motherhood 2025: TCI Nigeria makes motherhood safer with Family Planning across States
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…
BREAKING: Gene therapy delivers alternative sickle cell cure in US
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…
WHO: 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer yearly
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…
BREAKING: WHO unveils free cancer medicine platform for children in poor countries
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….
Community Health Graduates Decry Unemployment, Discrimination in Medical Field, Call for Urgent Reforms
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…
JUST IN: NOA sensitises Yobe communities on meningitis, lassa fever, cholera
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…
Lassa fever killED 26 in Benue in 2024 – Report
Benue State Government has said it recorded 26 death from Lassa fever and some other cases of the viral disease were also documented in 2024. This was disclosed on Monday by…
Cholera Alert: Delta LG Boss Distributes Free Drugs to Curb Outbreak
To prevent the spread of the cholera outbreak in his locality, the Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Rawlings Andaye, has distributed free drugs to all primary healthcare centres across…
Shun Planned Strike Action, Ondo Govt Sends Message To Nurses
News Update ON THE PLANNED STRIKE ACTION BY THE NURSES IN GENERAL AND SPECIALIST HOSPITALS IN ONDO STATE The attention of the State Government has been drawn to a planned industrial action…