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In cooperation with the Government of Malawi, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will establish an air corridor and use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), known as drones, for humanitarian purposes, the agency announced today.…

Causes memory loss, you may even forget your name You may become disoriented, delirious or suffer hallucinations, says Family Health Book According to medical experts, very moderate consumption of alcohol may not cause any harm to…

The Lagos State Ministry of Health in collaboration with MamaYe Evidence for Action (E4A), a programme which aims to improve maternal and newborn survival in six sub-Saharan countries, have launched the MamaYe campaign against maternal…

By Adeola Tukuru, Abuja Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) FCT today took the campaign on HIV awareness to the  Abuja Municipal Area Council in commemoration of…

Nigeria joined the rest of the world yesterday to mark the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with a call by the Save the Children International, a global charity organization, on governments and other stakeholders to make health care…

Novartis announced today the launch of an innovative technology-based healthcare program called SMS for Life 2.0 in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The program aims to increase the availability of essential medicines and improve care for patients…

By Adeola Tukuru, Abuja  Ipas Nigeria, a non- governmental organization in collaboration with the Australian Government in Nigeria to established sign-language interpreters in selected government hospitals in FCT where Deaf women…

GLOBAL HIV STATISTICS 2 million people were accessing antiretroviral therapy (June 2016) 7 million people globally were living with HIV (end 2015) 1 million people became newly infected with HIV (end 2015) 1 million people…

World AIDS Day Message by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations * Michel Sidibé Today, we commemorate World AIDS Day—we stand in solidarity with the 78 million people who have become…

UNAIDS says new HIV infections is not declining Trial of new vaccine commences in Africa The 2016 World AIDS Day is marked globally today with news from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) that the  number of new…