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WHO urges countries  GENEVA  - The world marks the World No tobacco Day today with a call by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on all countries to introduce plain (standardized) packaging of tobacco products. In a press statement, WHO…

Promises, promises and promises. This may well be the best way to sum up President Muhammadu Buhari's performance in the health sector during his first year in office. Perhaps it may be too early to assess the government. What is…

Health minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole  has called on nations on the African continent to explore ways of producing drugs for HIV/AIDS locally and halt dependence on nations of other regions where the drugs are imported. He made the call…

Dr Biodun Ogungbo is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Director, Stroke Action Nigeria. He currently practices at Lifebridge Diagnostic Centre, Abuja. A passionate crusader against stroke, Ogungbo says incident of stroke is on the increase in…

World Health Organization, WHO, has cleared the way for Brazil’s hosting of this year Olympic games, hence putting an end to earlier fears the games might be cancelled or shifted over raging Zika virus in the nation. Making the…

The selection process for The Nigeria Prize for Science 2016, formally took off earlier today with the handing over of entries to the panel of judges by the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the prize, Professor Alfred Susu, a past winner…

Just few months after containing the dreaded Ebola virus disease, the World Health Organization, WHO, has announced the presence of another rampaging virus, Zika, on the continent. In a statement last Friday, WHO informed that Zika…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the recall of three lots of intravenous solution by the Singaporean Health Science Authority (HSA). According to the agency, the recall was due to…

ABUJA: The Federal Government yesterday warned Nigerians against the use of unprescribed drugs, saying it is dangerous to health. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, gave the warning at a press conference to flag off enlightenment…

... Malnutrition is underlying cause in 50% of cases In Nigeria, about 12.3million children suffer from chronic malnutrition, out of which 300,000 are at risk of dying. For those that survive, reaching their full potential becomes an…