The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has accused the federal government of allowing physicians to dominate both the health and education sectors. ACPN made this assertion via a petition addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The petition was Read more…
The Chair of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has said that the $100 billion spent by the foundation in the last 25 years to improve healthcare in Africa has helped to develop partnerships in Nigeria and other countries on Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has praised Governor Dauda Lawal for his outstanding achievements, emphasizing the positive impact of his leadership in Zamfara State. On Tuesday, the former president commissioned the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital and two major roads in Read more…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Kebbi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, has announced the delivery of two million doses of polio vaccine to Kebbi in preparation for the 2025 round of the polio Read more…
The Kano State Government, in partnership with UNICEF and other stakeholders, says it has launched the second phase of its polio vaccination drive. During a media chat on Thursday, it said the move aims to immunize 3.9 million children aged Read more…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alleged four dangerous cough syrups that were produced in India that have so far killed no fewer than sixty-six people. Naija News reports that the United Nations agency which is responsible for international public Read more…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that having a direct kiss with a meningitis patient can get the other person infected since the disease is categorized as transmittable. This is as the health agency revealed that the Read more…
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Mental Health Day (WMHD), psychiatrists have raised an alarm on the prevalence of mental health illness amongst Nigerians. According to some of these experts every one in four Nigerians Read more…
A cancer diagnosis: it’s something most of us dread, but which many people will have to deal with at some point. According to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) one in two people will develop some form of cancer in Read more…
Over 313 unregistered illegal medicines and 33 unregistered pharmacies has been sealed by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Director and Head of the Enforcement Department in PCN, Stephen Esumobi, disclosed this during a briefing Read more…