The Nigerian government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 percent ad-valorem to 50 percent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking in the country.
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A digital healthcare service company, Cloud Clinic Ltd. (CCL), on Monday, unveiled its cloud-based healthcare solution.
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, says 746 Nigerians die annually from oral cancer complications in the country.
The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday announced the appointment of Prof. Mahmud Raji as the new Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA).
The Kaduna State Government says its high-impact cost-effective nutrition interventions have led to steady decline in number of children dying of severe malnutrition in the state.
ASHENEWS reports that the Society for Family Health, on Thursday, held a stakeholders’ inception meeting in Sokoto, to unveil the IntegratE 2.0, a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Merck for Mothers (MSD)-funded project.
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.
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.