•Pastor Chris Oyakhilome The Loveworld Medical Missions and Services (LMMS) has done the groundbreaking for a multi-specialty hospital that will improve trauma care and emergency services in Nigeria. The intending…
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•Health Minister Osagie Ehanire The Federal Government has cautioned Nigerians to be careful during this COVID-19 pandemic era, adding that vaccines will not be available until 2021. Speaking during a…
COVID-19: Millions of children at risk of measles, polio, due to vaccination disruptions
Millions of children in Nigeria are at the risk of measles, polio, diphtheria and other diseases due to disruptions of routine immunisation and other vaccination programmes as a result of…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Sickle Cell Foundation, Dr Annette Akinsete, has said carriers of sickle cell anaemia should not be discouraged from marrying each other. Akinsete, on the…
•Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire By JAMES OGUNNAIKE, Abeokuta A Paediatric Nurse and HIV Counselor, Mrs Roseline Solarin has disclosed that no fewer than 1.9million Nigerians are living with HIV/AIDs.…
As part of its effort to support the Federal Government’s drive to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, KAS Consult LTD has begun the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth N50m…
The Rotary Club of Abuja, District 9125, on Saturday, organised free hepatitis “B and C” screening as well as Liver Scan for residents of Piwoyi, a suburb located on the…
Minister for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said that the Federal Government is applying every bit of caution to prevent a spike in Covid-19 cases as schools reopen for West…
By UCHENNA UGWU The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) say that they are rallying supports for breastfeeding as the first pathway to preserving a…
By UCHEDIUNOR AUGUSTA Two physicians, on Friday, called for increased awareness on hepatitis in order to stem its tide among Nigerians. The physicians told the News Agency of Nigeria in…
Nigeria has received $890 million grant from Global Fund to reduce the burden of HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria over an implementation period of three years, beginning from 2021 to 2023.…
India Donates Essential Medicines To Combat COVID-19 As Nigeria Seeks Collaboration On Vaccines Production
The Honourable Minister of Health has described the gesture of donation of medicinal items by India to Nigeria as “gracious and touching” as the global plague affects all countries, and…
The United Kingdom has announced a special type of visa for foreign healthcare professionals to work in Britain. The Health and Care Visa, according to UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel,…
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has told Nigerian doctors willing to go to foreign that there is no such thing as ‘hazard allowance’ aside from their salary in the…
BREAKING NEWS: Russia successfully produce the first Human trial Coronavirus vaccine
Russia has become the first country to have completed clinical trials of a Covid-19 vaccine, after Sechenov University said that it had concluded its study. The research has been completed…