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Abuja -  The Federal Government on Monday reiterated its determination to continue to promote oral health in the country through sensitization of the population on the gains of keeping their mouth clean, and making sure adequate expertise…

ABUJA - Nigeria's  health sector may get its biggest allocation ever  if the Senate makes good its vow to fully implement the National Health Act 2014 in the 2018 national budget   Chairman Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and…

ABUJA - The United Nations Population, UNFPA, has commended the  Wife of Nigeria’s Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki, for supporting women and children in the country with various health interventions through her foundation, The…

The number of persons receiving treatment for HIV/AIDS has risen to one 1,150,000 from about 750,000 over a year ago, the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NASCA), Dr. Sani Aliyu has said.  Dr. Sani gave the…

Also has highest number of newborn deaths Foundation marks World Prematurity Day Nigeria has the highest number of preterm babies and the highest number of newborn death in the world, the  founder, Abiye Maternal and Child Health…

KADUNA - The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, (AMLSN) has elected new leaders that will steer its affairs for the next three years. The election took place on the sixth day of the just-concluded week-long…

Age 40 and above most affected Latest report from the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has revealed that high blood ressure remains number one killer disease in Nigeria, accounting for about  52%  cause  of sudden …

To establish National Noma Control Programme ABUJA - The Federal Government has said it would do all within its power to ensure Noma disease does not have a foothold in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and…

 Decry 'poor' funding for sector Say only 30% of PHCs nationwide functional Health workers under the aegis of National Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria, NACHPN, on Monday called on the National Assembly…

More evidences, world over, are showing that good nutrition is the most solid foundation on which destinies of children are built. Even the uneducated parents who used to differ on proven gains derivable from good nutrition such as…