The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has announced proactive steps to prevent the entry and spread of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus known as XEC, which has been detected in several countries.
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The Federal Government is set to partner with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to tackle drug abuse and mental health among youths in the country.
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Nigeria’s budget has been heavily skewed toward recurrent expenditures in recent years, leaving critical sectors like health underfunded. For instance,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory urging state governments across the country to enhance public health systems in response to the emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus, the XEC sub-variant.
Policy-making leaders and stakeholders in the health sector from Nigeria and other countries of the Global South gathered at the 2024 Doha Forum to discuss strategies for preventing healthcare challenges and optimizing resource allocation.
Healthcare workers in Lagos State have announced plans to embark on a three-day warning strike from Wednesday, December 11 to Friday, December 13, 2024, if their demands for salary adjustments are not met.
The management of Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH) in Ilorin has given a 14-day ultimatum to those concerned to claim their corpses from the hospital’s mortuary.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned open-drug marketers against selling substandard drugs.
Cigarette smoking can manipulate signalling molecules to subvert macrophage functions, hindering the innate immune response against pneumococcal infection and promoting…