Category: Health

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced its 2025 Annual Medical Corps Retreat in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.The retreat, which began on Monday is expected to span five days and is aimed at strengthening the capacity of the medical...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...