A Consultant Family Physician at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Dr Modupe Ajibawo, has highlighted the need for proper breastfeeding of infants to reduce the risk of allergic conditions like asthma.
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The Consultant Pulmonologist and Deputy-Director of Clinical Services, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr Oluwafemi Ojo, has called for increased public understanding of Asthma symptoms and improved treatment for patients.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that more than a 30-year difference in life expectancy between the richest and the poorest countries highlights global health inequities.
State governments have been urged to intensify community-based interventions to combat the deepening crisis of drug abuse and trafficking across Nigeria.
The Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has called on governments at all levels and health stakeholders to address the widening gap in asthma treatment and management in Nigeria.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Nigeria now stands as the country with the highest burden of malnourished children in Africa.
Housing, income, education, and other social conditions have a greater impact on health than genetics or the quality of health-care systems, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) study.
European Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič warned on Tuesday that the United States might impose new tariffs on European exports, targeting up to 97 per cent of exported goods.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) inauguration of the NIMC NIN Authentication (NNAuth) for a secure and seamless identity verification and authentication.
I was once a victim of 30-minute banditry. My household and I, and a few others, were held captive for 30 minutes in my house by a bunch of 8-armed men in a hellfire traumatic experience from about 8:30-9:00 pm on June 12, 2018. It was an experience you could not pray for your worst enemies to undergo. Watching a video clip of an abducted victim of banditry is much more disgusting until you put yourself in the shoes of the victims and imagine the harrowing experience. How many people can survive such scenes? Some were lucky to make it,…