The United Nations Children’s Fund has called for a renewed push towards achieving zero open defecation in Kaduna State in the shortest possible time. The UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, made this commitment during an event held in collaboration…
The Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Prof Akin Abayomi, has said haematologists are scarce in most hospitals in Nigeria because the present haematologists have not made the discipline attractive. Abayomi, however, asserted that the profession could be made interesting by…
Kidney damage can sneak up on anyone, often silently and without warning. Unhealthy lifestyle choices and certain habits can put excessive strain on these vital organs, leading to irreversible damage. PUNCH Online reported on Wednesday that our kidneys filter waste,…
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease caused by the mpox virus. The name was changed to Mpox by the World Health Organisation in 2022 to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with the previous name. We discussed some…
Claim: The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, claimed that 25% of the United Kingdom’s medical workforce are Nigerians, adding that if they were to pull out of the National Health Service, the UK would struggle. He said,…
The likelihood of falling ill or dying from diseases that resist treatment has escalated in Africa, with children and other vulnerable groups being most at risk, according to a new report by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.…
Shortage of manpower is posing more distress to the health sector in Nigeria, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has said, noting that Lagos particularly is affected by the trend with a deficit of 30,000 medical professionals. Amidst…
The United Nations Children’s Fund has urged the Lagos State Government to urgently provide high-standard water and sanitation facilities to communities to curb the cholera outbreak in the state. Chief of UNICEF Lagos Field Office, Celine Lafoucrier made this call…
More than one billion dollars will be pledged towards ramping up vaccine production in Africa at a summit held in Paris later this week, France said on Monday. A “new mechanism to accelerate the financing of vaccine production on the…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi said the cholera death toll has risen to 24. Abayomi disclosed this in a post on his Instagram handle on Friday. He also has confirmed 35 cases out of the 417…
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