The UK government has offered junior doctors a 22.3% pay rise, aiming to end a series of unprecedented strikes that…
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Nigeria’s health agency, the NCDC, reported 3,623 suspected cholera cases and 103 deaths across 34 states and the Federal Capital…
Global childhood immunization coverage has stagnated, with 2.7 million additional children under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to…
The World Health Organisation has revealed that Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world. The…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has urged governments and donor agencies to boost investment in Nigeria’s health and…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has called on Chinese businessmen and other industrialists in Nigeria’s…
A class of diabetes medications, which include the best-selling drug Ozempic, are associated with a reduced risk of certain obesity-related…
On Sunday, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed that 25 cases of severe gastroenteritis, confirmed to be…
The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) and various stakeholders have called on medical practitioners to enhance collaborations for improved…
No fewer than 2.1 million persons aged between 15 and 64 years in the South-South region use psychoactive substances, the…
The Oyo State Chapter of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria has announced a seven-day warning strike set…
As the death toll from the latest cholera outbreak hits 40, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the country…