Browsing: Health & Wellness

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris, has opposed the proposed National Institute for Public Health and Infectious…

A smartphone-based Artificial Intelligence application has been shown to detect cancers on the surface of the eye with near-specialist accuracy while also identifying previously undiagnosed cases…

The Federal Government has said Nigeria requires about N500 billion in capital and operational investment over the next five years to scale digital health infrastructure nationwide,…

The Federal Government and its development partners have begun efforts to preserve and sustain the gains recorded under the Global Fund COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19 RM)…

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Adamawa State Government, UNICEF, and with support from the United States Government, has commenced a multi-stakeholder engagement to strengthen…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday fixed Sept. 29 for judgment in a fresh suit seeking to compel the police to reopen investigations into…

Across the world, women’s health issues are still likely to be taken less seriously, diagnosed inaccurately, or treated inappropriately, as per United Nations research. Women…

Following the immediate intervention of the Ogun State Government, the Association of Resident Doctors of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, has suspended its…

Nigeria has made measurable progress in Ebola virus disease preparedness over the past decade, particularly in surveillance systems, laboratory diagnostics, and genomic sequencing capacity. However, experts…

The President of the Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF), Professor Adeyinka Falusi, has called for urgent action to close what she described as the “survival…