The Director General of the Nigerian Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Usman Aliyu, says the Federal Government is implementing key intervention programmes to make cancer treatment more affordable for Nigerians. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Read more…
The Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC) has warned residents about the start of the 2025/2026 Lassa Fever season in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the KNCDC Director General, Dr. Muhammad Adamu Abbas, the agency said the warning Read more…
As the world marks the day of the girl child on October 11, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AHF, has called for intensive sexuality education and empowerment of adolescent girls and young women inNigeria. This is even as it noted that Read more…
The Ogun State Government has raised alarm over the increasing rate of mental Health patients, saying that the burden is real and growing, just as it recorded over 10,000 patient within the first six months of 2025. The Commissioner for Read more…
Former National President of Nigerian Optometric Association, Professor Emmanuel Esenwah has warned Nigerians against running to religious homes for eye treatment or buying eye drops from quacks when they experience eye problems. Professor Esenwah who delivered a keynote speech during Read more…
More than 80 percent of healthcare facilities have exhausted their supplies of essential medicines in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence continues unabated, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported on Wednesday. For 30 years, the country’s Read more…
Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for research into how the immune system is kept in check, the Nobel jury said. Their discoveries have Read more…
Shimon Sakaguchi, the Japanese immunologist who won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine, said Monday he hoped the award would help further advance research and patient care. “I sincerely hope that this award will serve as an opportunity for this Read more…
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has called on women to prioritise their Health through regular self-examination and timely medical screening. Tinubu made the call Read more…
The Federal Government has flagged off the campaign for measles, polio, HPV immunisation vaccines, and other neglected tropical diseases interventions across the country. The event was held on Monday at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja, Read more…