Health

Mysterious illness breaks out at Kenyan School, over 90 students struggle to walk By Jennifer S. Kuwanta At least 95 students from Eregi Girls Secondary School in Kenya have been…

NAFDAC confiscates herbal aphrodisiacs, others The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it has cracked down on manufacturers of a herbal intoxicant,…

Blood Transfusion: Register or face sanctions, NBSC tells practitioners The National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) has charged those involved in blood transfusion to register with the…

NBS, UNICEF launch 2021 multiple indicator cluster survey The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has launched Nigeria’s 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and National…

Accreditation: Gombe govt re-opens seven health colleges Seven out of the 17 private Colleges of health technology in Gombe State shut down as a result of poor standards, have been…

Monkey pox hits Lagos, FCT, 22 others A total of 157 confirmed cases and 413 suspected cases of monkeypox have so far been reported from 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)…

UN agencies, others ally to end AIDS in children by 2030 UN agencies and others on Monday formed a global alliance to prevent new HIV infections and ensure that by 2030 all HIV-positive…

Health: NMA proposes privatisation of government hospitals for optimal performance  Dr. Uche Ojinmah, the National President of, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the…

NIMR discovers new malaria vector in northern Nigeria The Director General of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof. Babatunde Salako, on Monday said the institute had…

WHO declares monkeypox outbreak ‘emergency of international concern’ The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries an “emergency of…