A west African country, Ghana on Thursday, said it is the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, with children under the age of three-years-old in line to benefit.
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A recent research conducted by Qatar University says that shisha smoking or water pipe smoking, increases the risk of heart diseases in adults.
The legislator representing Lagos at the House of Representatives, Abdulganiyu Johnson says his bill that seeks to bar Nigeria-trained medical doctors and dentists from travelling abroad to practice unless they have put in a minimum of five years in Nigeria is informed by the crisis in the nation’s health sector.
The Federal Ministry of Health has inaugurated five policy documents aimed at improving Nigeria’s healthcare delivery.
The Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains for the continent.
The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has kicked against the compulsory five-year service before licensing a doctor as proposed by the House of Representatives.
The World Health Organization (WHO), says Nigeria is still far from meeting the 2001 15 percent Abuja Declaration on improving the health sector.
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, has said that global life expectancy for both sexes has increased from 46 to 73 years.
On the occasion of the World Health Day, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it remained committed to supporting and providing quality global health system for increased access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights for women.
A non -governmental organization,Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), has advocated for increased medical care for older persons in Nigeria.