Fidelity Bank donates postpartum recovery items to pregnant women
Ime Akpan
Fidelity Bank has extended beyond profit-driven motives by investing in programmes aimed to bring quality healthcare services to underserved and remote communities.
The bank...
Nigeria set to begin production of HIV test kits, anti-retroviral drugs
The Nigerian government has announced plans to commence domestic production of HIV commodities, including test kits and anti-retroviral drugs, before the end of 2025.
The...
Brain drain: Nigeria left with only 6,000 medical consultants – MDCAN
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) said the number of medical consultants in the country declined to only 6,000 as of...
Family planning solution to poverty in Nigeria – AAFPN
The chairman, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning in Nigeria, Dr Ejike Oji, on Monday said that family planning was a panacea to...
Nigeria taking steps to strengthen response to HMPV infection – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has done an assessment of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), saying the country is at a...
Nigeria needs $19m to effectively tackle NTDs
Nigeria needs no less than $19 million to effectively tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
The national coordinator for NTDs at the federal ministry of health...
Beware of counterfeit Combiart Dispersible anti-malarial drug – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a red alert on the circulation of a fake anti-malarial drug...
World AIDS Day: Over 1m Nigerians with HIV receiving treatment —NACA
Ahead of the 2024 commemoration of the World AIDS Day, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said about 1.6 million out...
Gates Foundation seeks increased global health financing against malnutrition, disease
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation appeals to world leaders to increase global health spending in areas of need to boost children’s health and...
Over 30 states account for 3,623 cholera cases, 103 deaths January...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said Nigeria recorded a total of 3,623 suspected cholera cases and 103 deaths across 187...
