The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says Nigeria has the third highest cases of female genital mutilation globally. According to UNICEF, about 20 million women and girls in Nigeria have undergone genital mutilation. DAILY POST reports that Celine Lafoucriere, Chief Read more…
Generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable HIV-prevention drug should be available for $40 a year in more than 100 countries from 2027, Unitaid and the Gates Foundation said Wednesday. The two organisations have entered into separate agreements with Indian pharmaceutical Read more…
The Benue state government has reported 243 suspected cases of Lassa fever since January 2025, with 13 deaths recorded.State Epidemiologist, Dr. Asema Msuega, who gave the update said 18 of the cases were confirmed through laboratory tests. “Of the deaths, five Read more…
At least 4.8 million children aged between nine months and 14 years are expected to be vaccinated against Rubella in Katsina State in the forthcoming Integrated Polio Vaccination Campaign. The campaign against the contagious viral infection is scheduled to Read more…
Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary. President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that pregnant women Read more…
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara, has raised alarm over what it described as worsening welfare conditions and inadequate facilities in the hospital. Rising from its Third Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) of Read more…
A kid born in northern Nigeria has a 15% chance of dying before the age of five, philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday as he urged governments to reverse global Health funding cuts. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event Read more…
The Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC) has raised alert after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported two suspected cases of a severe fever that causes bleeding in Abuja. In a statement shared on its social media Read more…
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has advised parents not to prevent their teenage female children from getting vaccines aimed at at preventing cervical cancer. ACPN Chairman in Oyo State, Pharmacist Adebayo Gbadamosi, noted that this is necessary Read more…
The Federal Government has begun laboratory investigations to determine the exact cause of a strange flesh-eating disease that has killed seven people in Malabu, Adamawa State. Adesigbin Olufemi, Acting National Coordinator of the National Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy Control Read more…