Category: Health

Lagos Inaugurates Accident, Emergency Centre
May 10, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Inaugurates Accident, Emergency Centre

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, inaugurated Accident and Emergency Centre in Epe.The purpose-designed trauma management facility, situated in the Federal Medical Centre, Epe (formerly Epe General Hospital), in an intervention initiated by Custodian Investment Plc to bridge medical...
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Edo Flags Off Polio Vaccination
May 4, 2025 No Responses

Edo Flags Off Polio Vaccination

The Edo State Ministry of Health has commenced Polio Vaccination Campaign for Children across all Local Government Areas in the state.  Speaking during the official flag-off ceremony, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole emphasized the critical...
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Commissioner: Over 135,000 People Living With HIV In Lagos
April 24, 2025 No Responses

Commissioner: Over 135,000 People Living With HIV In Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has revealed that over 135,000 residents in the state are currently living with HIV, even as the government steps up efforts to improve healthcare delivery and reduce disease prevalence. He discl...
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FCT Declares Free Health Insurance, Caesarean Section For Pregnant Women
April 8, 2025 No Responses

FCT Declares Free Health Insurance, Caesarean Section For Pregnant Women

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has declared a free health insurance scheme and caesarean section for all pregnant women living in the area.  The FCTA’s Mandate Secretary for Health, Adedolapo Fasewa, disclosed this on Monday while co...
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Anxiety Over Meningitis Outbreak In Nigeria
March 30, 2025 No Responses

Anxiety Over Meningitis Outbreak In Nigeria

Since early March, meningitis has been spreading rapidly throughout several states across Northwest Nigeria, mainly in Kebbi and Sokoto States, an international non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, h...
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Vatican: Pope Francis Showing ‘Slight Improvement’
February 27, 2025 No Responses

Vatican: Pope Francis Showing ‘Slight Improvement’

Pope Francis showed further improvement on Wednesday, the Vatican said, although it cautioned that “the prognosis remains reserved” for the 88-year-old fighting pneumonia. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father in the last 24 hours have shown a furt...
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HIV: Lagos Trains 330 Health Workers On Mother-To-Child Prevention
February 15, 2025 No Responses

HIV: Lagos Trains 330 Health Workers On Mother-To-Child Prevention

As part of efforts to reduce the transmission of HIV from mothers to their newborns, the Lagos State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOMLPforR), has trained 330 healthcare workers on the...
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Frequent Sex Doesn’t Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk, Says Expert
February 10, 2025 No Responses

Frequent Sex Doesn’t Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk, Says Expert

The Assistant Chief Medical Officer and General Practitioner at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Dr Sam Adegboye, has debunked the claim that frequent sexual activity reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men. The Physician debunked the claim in a...
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Ebola: Nigeria On High Alert
February 3, 2025 No Responses

Ebola: Nigeria On High Alert

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the country on high alert following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda. Dr Jide Idris, the Director‐General, said this on Sunday in an interview...
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Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 39 Deaths, 214 Confirmed Cases
January 31, 2025 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 39 Deaths, 214 Confirmed Cases

Between December 30, 2024 and January 19, 2025, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Prevention recorded 214 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 39 deaths in 10 states across 43 local government areas.  Also within the period, NCDC reported...
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Edo Declares Lassa Fever Outbreak
January 25, 2025 No Responses

Edo Declares Lassa Fever Outbreak

Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday, declared Lassa Fever outbreak in the State.The Commissioner made the announcement at the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Palm House, Sapele Road, during a meeting with key stakeholders,...
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SIFAX Partners UI Dental Students On Outreach
January 24, 2025 No Responses

SIFAX Partners UI Dental Students On Outreach

SIFAX Group has reaffirmed its commitment to community development and healthcare accessibility by sponsoring the University of Ibadan Association of Dental Students (UADS) 2024 Mega Outreach. The event, held on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at the Sabo communi...
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Richard Edoki Makes National Hospital Radio Awards 2025 List
January 19, 2025 No Responses

Richard Edoki Makes National Hospital Radio Awards 2025 List

Richard Edoki, a Nigerian-born broadcast journalist popularly known as Richybongo, has been named a finalist in the Best Newcomer category at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2025.Organized by the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA), this annual event ho...
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LAGOS KICKS OFF 2025 VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION
January 16, 2025 No Responses

LAGOS KICKS OFF 2025 VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION

The Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) has flagged off the Year 2025 Voluntary Blood Donation Awareness Month with an appeal to residents to embrace voluntary blood donation as a lifesaving act. Themed: “Blood, A Precious Gift: Give to Save...
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