Browsing: Health & Wellness

Dr. Oluwole Jegede is a triple board-certified physician-scientist, psychiatrist, addiction medicine specialist, and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. His research focuses on using…

Women accounted for nearly 70 per cent of the global health workforce in 2023, yet the world still faced a shortage of 34.4 million health workers…

The Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch, Vivianne Ihekweazu, has called for greater use of local data to guide Nigeria’s malaria interventions, saying subnational tailoring (SNT)…

No fewer than 3.64 million Nigerians, representing about 1.5 per cent of the country’s population, are currently living with corneal blindness, the Eye Bank for Restoring…

University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has opened the first drug testing centre in the South-South geopolitical zone, with a mandate to screen for substance abuse…

Merck and Moderna have reported positive results from the first late-stage trial of their personalised cancer vaccine, moving the treatment closer to possible regulatory approval. The…

Exposure to commonly used pesticides could change when girls reach puberty, with new research linking some chemicals to earlier menstruation and others to delayed development. A…

THE President of the African Stroke Organisation (ASO), Prof. Rufus Akinyemi, has warned that as many as one in every two stroke survivors may develop cognitive…

…flags off 2026 integrated biological and behavioural surveillance survey training The Oyo State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening HIV prevention and control through improved…

Ondo State Government has restated its readiness to partner with relevant organizations to strengthen the reach and effectiveness of health-related messages, with a view to achieving…