Health

Response to the coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding, data indicate that there has been an increase in annual tuberculosis case notification due to strategic intervention by the National Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer, and Leprosy Control…

Cross River State Government has expressed readiness to immunize 900,000 children against polio during the Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week. The Director General of Cross River Primary Healthcare Agency, Janet Ekpenyong, disclosed…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has intensified community sensitisation on the Cholera outbreak, as death toll rises from 54 to 60. The FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Aliyu, made the disclosure at the…

The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, on Friday confirmed that a rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas, making it the first case of the virus seen in the state. The viral illness was found in a U.S. resident,…

The Enugu State Government, has confirmed the outbreak of cholera at the new Artisan Market in Enugu metropolis. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Emmanuel Obi, who coomfirmed this in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, said that the…

The World Health Organization has decried the increase of COVID-19 deaths after 10 weeks of decline. This was disclosed by the WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom, at a media briefing on COVID-19 held on Monday in Geneva. Adhanom…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, says COVID-19 vaccines do not contain electromagnetic ingredients that can cause side effects. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this at a press briefing…

The Federal Government is set to fine airlines the sum of $3,500 per passenger or ban them from flying in Nigeria if they fail to comply with its new COVID-19 pre-boarding requirements. This was disclosed by the Secretary to the Federal…

More than two million Nigerians have received the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency declared in Abuja on Thursday. Its Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told…

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Aliyu Gambo, has said that Nigeria has spent about $6.2bn in identifying and treating close to one million HIV patients in Nigeria. He disclosed this on Wednesday…