Health
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo ends
Abisola AdebayoSep 27, 2022
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced an end of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo six weeks after it was first declared. There...
Safer Medication Practices Could Avert US$ 42 Billion Of Total Health Expenditure Worldwide – WHO
Emeka AmakorSep 20, 2022
With the unguided practice of self medication having assumed a global dimension, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of its dire consequences with relation to...
World Patient Safety Day 2022: WHO Looks To Address Healthcare Deaths Resulting From Medication Errors
Emeka AmakorSep 18, 2022
Worried by the increasing wave of deaths resulting from errors in medications, the World Health Organisation and other critical Stakeholders in the health sector have...
Suicide Prevention Is A Task That Must Be Accomplished – WHO
Emeka AmakorSep 12, 2022
The World Health Organisation has disclosed that Suicide, the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds, accounts for over 700,000 deaths globally every year...
Nigeria’s monkeypox death toll highest in Africa – WHO
Folashade OgunrindeSep 09, 2022
The World Health Organisation has revealed that Nigeria has the highest death toll and confirmed cases of monkeypox in Africa. WHO Regional Director for Africa,...
DR Congo reports new Ebola case in restive east
Folashade OgunrindeAug 23, 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the country’s health ministry said, just weeks after the end of a...
Ebonyi records first monkeypox case
Folashade OgunrindeAug 17, 2022
Ebonyi State government, yesterday, said the state has recorded its first case of monkeypox. Briefing journalists in Abakaliki on the development, the Commissioner for...
2021 MICS-NICS Report: Nigeria Records Reduction In Child Marriage And Mortality
Emeka AmakorAug 17, 2022
The Nigerian Government has launched the country’s 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and National Immunization Coverage Survey (NICS) report, providing...
FG grants N100bn loan to indigenous Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Folashade OgunrindeAug 09, 2022
The federal government has granted a N100 billion loan to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare investors to help expand their capital base and boost...
FG expresses fears over inability to meet COVID-19 vaccination target
Folashade OgunrindeAug 09, 2022
The Federal Government has expressed concern over the country’s failure to achieve the target set for COVID-19 vaccination, adding that only three states – Nasarawa,...
