Health

Resident doctors at the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, have commenced an indefinite strike to protest the shortage of medical personnel in the hospital. The strike followed their resolution at…

Medical institutions across the country to have been urged to engage sign language interpreters to promote effective communication between hearing impaired patients and health practitioners. This would give confidence to…

The Chairman of Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN), Abuja Chapter, Mrs Helen Udoye Baylolu-Alase has opined that the recognition and promotion of sign language to gain access to quality…

More than 20 million Nigerians may be living with Hepatitis B virus unknown to them, Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Vincent Okpala, said on Monday, in Awka. Okpala made…

Health workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are being trained on sign language as part of efforts to improve the access to critical health services, such as maternity care…

Doctors and other health personnel at the 16 General Hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are working themselves out as they take a minimum of 1,000 deliveries monthly through…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says no fewer than 50,000 children are yet to be reached with wild polio vaccine in some parts of North-East Nigeria, due…

Dr Ojji Dike, a Consultant Cardiologist, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital says high blood pressure causes over 20 per cent of global deaths. Dike said this at the Bi-annual health…

Experts in the fight and control of Tuberculosis, TB, in Nigeria have advocated for increased funding to the sector so as to enable the country upturn its heavy TB burden.…

There is relief and excitement at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna nine of the 10 patients who went blind after receiving an injection have regained their sight. While some…