Ordinarily, menstruation is supposed to be a blessing to women of child-bearing age, as it is a sign of fertility. Even single ladies that engage in unprotected sex look forward to this once-in-a-month flow, especially […]
Over 150,000 babies are born with sickle cell disease in Nigeria every year, Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Kaduna, Malam Abdullahi Musa Maikano has said. Addressing a meeting organised by a Kaduna-based non-governmental organisation, […]
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) Wednesday urged the federal government to release a uniform guideline for the appointment of hospitals Chief Medical Directors (CMD) in the interest of peace and for the […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday launched a $225 million Integrated Health Program (IHP) that will help five states in Nigeria improve access to primary health care services, essential commodities, and increase demand for […]
The 7th Assembly of Anambra State legislative House Tuesday, kick-started its first official plenary with member representing Njikoka I state constituency, Hon. Timothy Ifedioranma, raising an alarm that snakes pursue specialists and doctors working at […]
The Akwa Ibom government has appealed to the federal government and donor agencies to step up immunization coverage in the state to check the spread of preventable childhood killer diseases. The government also lamented the […]
The Traditional rulers in Anambra state have appreciated Governor Willie Obiano and the Health workers for delivering Health care services to the door step of Anambra residents, and assured them of their unalloyed support. The […]
There was a tragedy in Imo State on Monday as no fewer than ten traditional wedding guests died of fume from a generator and twenty others hospitalised.The incident happened at Umuomumu Mbieri in the Mbaitoli […]
The Kogi State College of Health Sciences and Technology, Idah, has secured full accreditation of four out of its five programmes for the first time since its establishment, 43 years ago. This was contained in […]
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) branch, says doctors embarked on a warning strike to demand for improved working condition. Dr Chukwudi Okani, Chairman […]
Federal Government has reiterated that Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) remains the only parastatal charged with the responsibility of regulating pharmacy regulation, training, and practice across the country. The Deputy Director, Food and Drug Services […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos was on Friday informed that embattled Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia facing money laundering charges is currently on admission in the Hospital. A Federal High Court in Lagos had fixed May […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that Nigeria needed additional two million toilets annually from 2019 to 2025 to achieve the Universal Basic Sanitation target. Mr Bioye Ogunjobi, a Water, Sanitation and […]
The striking resident doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, have turned down the minimum wage offer presented to them by the visitor to the university, Governor Willie Obiano, insisting on continuing […]
Development partners and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on nutrition have been assured of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) support toward promoting appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices in Kaduna state. The assurance was […]
Nigerian teaching hospitals will not function optimally until adequateattention is given to primary and secondary healthcare facilities,Minister for Health Isaac Adewole has said. He also said 14 out of 36 states in Nigeria were yet to […]
Out- going governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has given reason he handed over some hospitals which were before now under the supervision of the state government to churches, armed forces and other organisations. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Saudi Arabia said the sweeping offensive against drug trafficking would be sustained, urging Nigerians in diaspora to always provide information that will help the government to curb the menace. The […]
The Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole is currently at the Red Chambers briefing the Senate about the current state of healthcare facilities and services in the nation’s teaching hospitals. This follows a resolution of the […]
As part of efforts to bring succour to victims affected by conflict in North-east, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has concluded registration of 2,000 most vulnerable households in Damaturu, Yobe state. Head […]
A total of about 177 health workers have been killed in Borno and Yobe states since the inception of the Boko Haram insurgency, 10 years ago. According to public service international report released by the […]
Confusion ensured as the corpse of a day-old baby has been declared missing from the mortuary of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure. The incident, which has thrown management and staffers of the hospital into […]
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA), has sought cooperation with the Nigerian Army to reach and immunise children in 2, 622 Borno remote communities against the polio virus. Blueprint Correspondent who is currently in […]
Kaduna state has recorded steady progression in all methods of contraceptive prevalence rates (CPR) from 2016, a representative of Centre for Research, Evaluation and Development (CRERD), Dr. Elizabeth Omoluabi, has said. Elizabeth said the progression […]
The Association of Resident Doctors of COOUTH, Amaku Awka, Monday afternoon, embarked on indefinite strike action over what it described as the inability of the state government to honour the agreement it signed with the […]
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