The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Nigeria has yet to announce a date for the Mpox vaccinations rollout, even as cases keep surging across Africa.
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The Head of the Stroke Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Kolawole Wahab, has warned that the high burden of stroke in Nigeria was taking an epidemic proportion.
ASHENEWS reports that the African health ministers and delegates have adopted the Harare Declaration, in a bid to addresss the impact of climate change on the health sector.
ASHENEWS reports that the federal government is set to release the first-ever state of health report of the country, a detailed report of the country’s health sector.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has shut down a warehouse in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for harbouring tons of expired and unregistered food products.
A new study by Ifeoma Ulasi, a Professor of Medicine and Nephrology, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu State shows that one-third of Nigerians and Ghanaians suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) due to a gene variant.
Sudan’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has risen to 295 per 100,000 births, and the child mortality rate to 51 per 1,000 live births amid ongoing armed conflict.
The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation to conduct a comprehensive integrity review of Nigeria’s waterways and dams.
The Joint Health Sector (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA) said it would suspend its seven-day warning strike effective from midnight Oct. 31 in the spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and in the general public interest.
The Oyo State House of Assembly has taken the first reading of a bill to address the challenges of uncoordinated drug distribution in the pharmaceutical sector.