Nigeria loses 16,000 medical doctors to brain drain –Minister
The coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has said that no fewer than 16, 000 medical doctors left Nigeria to...
WHO facing massive funding gap after slashing budget- Report
The World Health Organisation is facing a gaping deficit this year and through 2027 following the US decision to withdraw, even after dramatically slashing...
Parents fume as diphtheria ravages King’s College, Lagos
Parents of students in King’s College, Lagos (KCL), are worried over reports of a suspected Diphtheria outbreak in the school that led to the...
The mystery of cataract operations
Dr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie
One of the most common operations offered to indigent communities across the country is free cataract surgery provided by a wide range...
NAFDAC confiscates USAID-donated drugs, raids over 11,000 pharmaceutical shops
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed off 11,000 shops in Aba, Onitsha and Idumota and arrested 40...
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...
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