The World Health Organization (WHO) has made a startling discovery. The WHO discovered that one pregnant woman or newborn dies every seven seconds. A report published on Tuesday attributed the increase in maternal and newborn deaths to decreasing investments in the sector. The research on improving maternal and newborn health, survival, and reducing stillbirth assesses…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said the federal government has the capacity to pay its 200% pay rise demand. NARD National President, Emeka Orji stated this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. He said the review of salaries of resident doctors should have taken place in 2014 with rising inflation and…
The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has threatened to shut down the health sector if the Federal Government fails to address its demands in the next two weeks. NARD demands including immediate withdrawal and jettisoning of the bill seeking to prevent Nigerian medical doctors from being issued full practicing licenses or allowed to travel…
Doctors have warned of the dangers of engaging in oral s3x. They say oral s3x is fueling an ‘epidemic’ of throat cancers in the US and UK. Dr. Hisham Mehanna, from the UK’s University of Birmingham, said 70 percent of cases of throat cancer are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), a normally harmless virus that…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire disclosed this at a press briefing to commemorate the World Malaria Day, themed ‘Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement,’ with the slogan ‘Act now.’ Dr. Ehanire, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mamman Mamuda, said despite efforts by the government and…
The Federal Government has revealed that RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine will be available in the country from April 2024. This was made public on Tuesday by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire while speaking at a press briefing in commemoration of World Malaria Day. He said Nigeria has applied for the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in…
No fewer than 118 persons have died of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in 21 states between 2022 and April 2, 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed. A report from NCDC revealed that 22 States reported suspected Cerebrospinal Meningitis cases in 2022/2023. They are Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Abia,…
An elderly couple have lost their lives after eating a poisonous pufferfish. The sad incident happened in Malaysia. The incident has now forced the daughter of the late couple to push for stronger laws to prevent others from suffering the same fate. Ng Chuan Sing and his wife Lim Siew Guan, both in their early…
823 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were recorded out of 4,108 suspected cases from 98 local government areas in 24 states in Nigeria. This is according to the Lassa fever epidemiological report for week 12 released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The Lassa fever report from January to March…
A man has been sentenced to three years in prison after knowingly infecting his then-partner with HIV. He was extradited to the UK and jailed for only three years. At Chester Crown Court yesterday, Jamaican-born Jermaine Scott was jailed for three years for the incident after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm. Scott had been…