Sam EFERARO

Cabo Verde (formerly known as Cape Verde) has become the first African country to join the global chain of symbolic support for universal health…

WHO reaffirms commitment to end outbreak The number of Ebola cases in Congo has exceeded 1,000, the country’s health ministry said, as the second-largest outbreak of the virus continues to wreak havoc in the central…

A two-day briefing for new Ministers of Health in the WHO African Region, ended on Thursday March 7  in Brazzaville, Congo.Ministers of health in the WHO African region play a critical role in providing political leadership and making…

1.6 million people  affected in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe The World Health Organization (WHO) is providing urgent assistance to meet the health needs of thousands of people impacted by flooding in Malawi,…

Dr Ade Faponle, a nephrologist with the Department of Medicine, Renal Care Centre, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has advised Nigerians to get screened to prevent kidney diseases. Faponle gave the advice on Thursday…

It's  world's largest cross-sectional population based survey Shows prevalence drops to 1.4% from 2.8% ABUJA – President Muahammadu Buhari  today at the at the Banquet Hall of Aso Rock, Presidential villa  …

ABUJA – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday March 11, confirmed  there is a decline in number of new cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this…

ABUJA- As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the  2019 International Women’s Day, the United Nations Office on Crime and Drugs, UNODC Nigeria, has drawn attention to the disproportionally high risk of women and girls in Africa…

An Otorhinolaryngologist, Prof. Titus Ibekwe of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, says at least 10 million Nigerians have “disabling hearing loss.” Ibekwe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of…

It was the third day of the first-ever vaccination campaign in Africa against typhoid fever. Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah Nyamande was one of many mothers lining up in the unique outreach post – a shopping mall in a Harare…