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The Nigerian government has confirmed the second case of  coronavirus in the country. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday at a press conference in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Ehanire briefed…

Kills 58 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said 15 states across Nigeria had recorded outbreaks of meningitis. Also, 58 people have died of the disease “in 2018/2019 season,” the agency revealed. In…

To probe causes of all maternal deaths The Nigerian government on Monday April 8 declared a State of Emergency on maternal and child mortality in the country. Also, the government announced that for every death of any…

“Without prejudice to what is currently obtainable at SHMC, the intention to revert to a clinic is a presidential directive. This is to make sure that the facility is functional and serves the purpose for which it was established, ab…

No fewer than 14.3 million people (14.4 per cent of Nigerian’s population) in the age group of 15 to 64 years abused drugs such as tramadol, codeine and cannabis within the past one year. This is the highlight of  the first ever…

Say fund should be captured under statutory transfer ABUJA - Stakeholders in the Nigerian health sector on Friday, January 25, said despite the allocation of N55.1 billion for Basic Health Care Provision Fund by the…

• decries slow implementation of National Health Act Dr. Enabulele at the symposium Dr Osahon Enabulele, Vice President, Commonwealth Medical Association on Saturday decried the slow implementation of the National Health Act (NHA) 2014,…

AAFP says country risks demographic doom ABUJA - The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday declared Nigeria’s current high fertility rate a problem for the country. While declaring open the 5th National Family Planning…

ABUJA - Officials of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), government functionaries, children and lovers of children within Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Tuesday lit the popular City Gate ‘blue’ to commemorate this year World Children…

A South Africa-based Nigerian physiotherapist has announced plans to provide on-call services to the public for a wide range of ailment requiring physiotherapy. In as press release, Prof. Efe Useh who practised in Nigeria as a…