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THE Lagos State Government on Monday commenced the first round of the 2026 Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAH+N) Week, urging residents to embrace…

RESEARCHERS at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have developed an herbal ointment that significantly accelerated wound healing in laboratory animals, raising hopes that plant-based formulations could one…

PROFESSOR and Head of the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada, Prof. Tolulope Sajobi, has said that methodologists are…

The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) has commenced a two-day capacity-building programme for journalists to strengthen the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), saying the media…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide mop-up exercise to remove all alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and…

Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has flagged off the 2026 Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to reducing malaria-related illnesses and deaths…

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has moved to resolve the lingering industrial dispute at the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital (FUTATH),…

The Kano State Ministry of Health has launched the second round of the Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE) campaign, targeting more than one million women…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged traditional and community leaders in Niger State to promptly report suspected public health emergencies to the relevant authorities…

Regularly eating beans, lentils, chickpeas, tofu, and other soy foods may lower the risk of developing high blood pressure, according to a major review of international…