Health
UNICEF lauds Zamfara’s social protection efforts
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has praised Gov. Dauda Lawal’s administration in Zamfara for promoting social protection for children...
Nigeria reports 41,000 diphtheria cases, with children mostly affected
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says the country has continued to grapple with diphtheria outbreak. The...
Doctors’ new retirement age will cushion effects of japa scourge – NMA
The recent increase in the retirement age for doctors and healthcare workers, from 60 to 65 years, will help to...
Patients from US, others throng Nigeria hospitals – Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima says patients from the United States (US) and other countries are thronging Nigeria hospitals to seek...
Regular blood donors live five years extra -Haematologist
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) says regular blood donors stand the chance of living five years longer than people...
FEC approves $1.07 billion for health sector reform
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 1.07 billion dollars for healthcare sector reforms under the Human Capital Opportunities for...
EXTRA: How brain’s little blue dot regulates man’s sleep
The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating...
Patients beg for functional X-ray machine at Katsina hospital
Patients at Turai Yar’adua Maternity and Children Hospital, in Katsina metropolis, have appealed to the state government to provide a...
Governor Yusuf commissions 40-bed hospital in Kano
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State, has commissioned a hospital with about 40 beds at Zarewa in Rogo Local Government...
U.S. waiver offers relief for HIV treatment in Nigeria —NACA
Dr Temitope Ilori, Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), says the recent U.S. waiver...