The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double over the next two decades as poorer countries catch up with the ageing of richer nations. This was according to a Lancet report published on Thursday.…
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to improving healthcare delivery. Alausa stressed that the ministry is committed to improving the healthcare indices of the nation. He…
The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria has rejected the appointment of Dr Babajide Salako as the Chairman of the Board of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria. The medical laboratory scientists said the appointment breached the establishment…
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, on Friday, said the country is responding to other disease outbreaks apart from Lassa Fever. Idris, who made this known at a press briefing in…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 2,621 Lassa fever cases and 84 deaths with a case fatality rate of 18.6 per cent. The NCDC said 476 cases were confirmed from the suspected cases from 23 states…
The Nigerian Medical Association in Rivers State said it has arrested one Echi Michael, who has been posing and practising as a medical doctor in the state for over two years. The NMA, in a statement signed by the State…
The United Nations Children’s Fund in collaboration with the Oyo State Government has called for the adoption of the health insurance scheme to tackle child mortality in the country. The call was made during a media workshop on Wednesday, in…
The Federal Government on Tuesday said plans are underway to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority to aid in the procurement and maintenance of radiotherapy equipment in cancer centres in the country. The Director-General, National…
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has successfully carried out the first thoracoscopy surgery on a 13-day-old baby. The minimal access surgery was performed to unblock food particles that hindered the free flow of food in the tubes of 13-day-old,…
The wife of the Abia State Governor Mrs. Priscilla Otti, has flagged off the year 2024 campaign to eradicate polio in the state. Mrs Otti who led the vaccination campaign in Umuoba, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area on Tuesday…
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