Voice Air Media, News Update Abia State Government has announced one positive case of monkeypox. Announcing the news on Monday, August 19, the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, said that there…
Category: Health
Centre conducts 2m HIV tests in Gombe— Report
The Centre for Integrated Health Programme has said that more than two million people benefited from HIV/AIDS screening, treatment and counseling services in Gombe State in the last 17 years. The…
Malaria kills over ‘74,000 children annually’
Voice Air Media, News Update About seventy four thousand children die annually as a result of malaria in Nigeria. The project coordinator for the IMPACT programme in Ondo State, Dr Waheed Folayan,…
Inside Nigeria: Where Reproductive Eggs Sales Spread Amidst Ladies – Report
Several young women of active reproductive age donates their eggs for monetary benefits, an action as a result of the hardship in the country, Nigeria. Like every other organ in the body,…
Patient shares bad experience, blames UCH for irreversible blindness after radiotherapy
A patient, Mr. Ayoola Idowu, is accusing the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, of medical negligence, alleging that improper use of a radiotherapy machine during treatment led to his complete blindness. …
WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak A Global Health Emergency
Voice Air Media, News Update THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern”. The declaration comes a day after the Africa Centre for Disease Control…
Aiyedatiwa’s Govt Approves Employment Of More Doctors, Nurses (See Requirements, Interview Date)
Voice Air Media, News Update Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Agency, (OSPHCDA) has advertised job vacancies in the agency as approved by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. In a public notice, the Permanent…
WHO meets on monkeypox spread
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for an emergency meeting on mpox, following its spread outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mpox – formerly called monkeypox – is…
Cholera Outbreak: Medical Practitioner, Folajomi Emphasizes Need for Deworming
By Oluwasemiloore Ige) In response to the recent cholera outbreak in Nigeria, health experts are stressing the critical need for regular deworming, particularly for children. A medical practitioner, Dr. Isa Folajomi, emphasized…
Cholera: Open Defecation To Be Scrapped By 2025— FG Declares
The 2018 Water and Sanitation Hygiene national outcome revealed that approximately 47 million Nigerians, constituting 23 per cent of the population, engaged in open defecation. Wary of the rapid spread of…