Medical

More reasons have emerged why Nigeria ranked fifth among eight countries with the highest burden of Tuberculosis (TB) in 2018 namely: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and South Africa. However, in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) latest ...

Executive Director of Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BOPHDA), Dr. Sule Meleh, has attributed diabetes, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to poor nutrition, which lacks capacity to boost immune system. He argued that availability and sustenance of vitamins and minerals the ...

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), an organ of the United Nations (UN), some states of the federation and experts have canvassed zero hunger, better infrastructure, jobs creation and others, urging global leaders to address malnutrition in all countries of ...

Worried by the rising cases of childhood cancer and deaths in the country, medical experts have recommended early diagnosis and presentation and strong health insurance policy to reduce the scourge. They said cancer responds to effective treatment and result in ...

An Epidemiologist at the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health and Chairman, Committee on the Nigerian Medical Association Physicians Week, Dr. Aniekeme Uwah, has disclosed that a Coordination Center for Disease Control would soon be established in the state. He ...

Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Mohammed Nasir Sambo, has sought the amendment of the scheme’s enabling law for better coverage for all beneficiaries. He said the organisation was entrenching values and result-driven processes in its ...

A Medical Practitioner, Dr Abdulwaheed Abayomi says he is offering free 50 surgeries for vulnerable, as part of activities lined up for his 50th birthday celebration. Speaking during the launch of the ’50 Days One Surgery Per Day’ initiative on ...

The Federal Government is marking three years without a Wild Polio Virus (WPV) case in the country and expressed confidence that by March 2020 Nigeria would be certified as polio-free. Consequently, the country has commenced the process of documentation for ...

The United States government is making available additional $75 million to fight the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Nigeria. Making the disclosure in a statement by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy, the American nation ...

Medical doctors in the country have faulted the recent medical trips embarked upon by prominent citizens on the premise that the disease conditions could be managed by any hospitals across the federation. The medics, who include the President of the ...