The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori has urged Nigerians to prioritise their health by knowing their HIV status, especially as the holiday season approaches.
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The European Union has committed €1 million in emergency humanitarian funding to Nigeria to help address the devastating floods and ongoing cholera epidemic.
In Nigeria, 128 out of every 1,000 children die before their fifth birthday, due to various illnesses with diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria accounting for 64% of these deaths.
At 20.9 per cent, the North-West recorded the lowest availability of basic medical equipment in health facilities, while the South-West, at 48.8 per cent, recorded the highest.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Saturday, took the campaign against small-sized alcoholic beverages to markets in Uyo.
The Kwara Governor’s wife, Amb. Olufolake AbdulRazaq, says the state government will soon capture treatment of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) under its health insurance scheme.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has solicited improved stakeholders’ support in raising public awareness on its Big Catch Up (BCU) vaccines initiative, aimed at restoring immunisation progress lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A UNWomen and the Association of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (ASHWAN) have began empowerment initiative for women living with HIV.
A consultant Family & Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Dr Titilayo Bamidele, on Friday said that sleep deprivation could have social, economic and health implications, advising Nigerians to prioritise their sleep.
Health experts and stakeholders have renewed their calls for unified efforts to combat measles and rubella in Nigeria.