Sam EFERARO

A strategic plan to reduce the double burden of malnutrition in the African Region was adopted at the 69th Regional Committee meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the African Region today. “The plan outlines the urgent and…

By Dr Awosusi Bayodele Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infection that usually attacks the lungs. It is a chronic granulomatous infection that is caused by bacteria and primarily affect the pulmonary system. It can also spread to other…

ABUJA –  As the rainy season reaches its peak, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are strengthening early warning and reporting mechanisms for prompt detection and containment of…

Pledges support for DICOMAG Amid studies showing that eight out of every ten people living with diabetes in Nigeria do not know they have the disease, officials of Roche Products Diabetes Care, the leading manufacturers and…

Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the WHO recommends the use of the HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line and second-line treatment for all populations, including pregnant women and those of…

Stakeholders in the health sector in Nigeria have commended the efforts of Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited (a Chevron Company) and its parties in the Agbami field - Famfa Oil Limited, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),…

ABUJA – Although, Nigeria appears to be edging closer to controlling the HIV epidemic, inmates of Nigerian prisons are twice more likely to be living with HIV than people in the community, a National HIV Assessment has revealed. The…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The declaration followed a meeting of the…

To commence implementation next academic year in October Sierra Leone is on track to become a model in Africa to meet the challenge of health emergency response by preparing its health workforce to detect, prevent, control…

ABUJA –  Some 464,000 people across the world were killed in homicides in 2017, surpassing by far the 89,000 killed in armed conflicts in the same period, according to the Global Study on Homicide 2019 published recently by the United…