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So you have diabetes? You are not alone! Have you been told by your doctor that you have diabetes? This could be devastating news for most people. But you know what? You are not alone. The Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) estimates…

...To train Nigerian doctors on diabetes treatment Hope may soon come the way of diabetes patients in Nigeria as a US-based hospital, PreHab Diabetes Services, has pledged to build hospitals in different geo-political zones of the country…

The Nigerian medical community was thrown into mourning yesterday following reports that six senior doctors from Ekiti state had died in a fatal accident involving the 13-passenger bus in which they were travelling to Sokoto. Grieving…

The government of Japan has extended a grant of US$4.5 million, (1.4 billion naira) to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, for the provision of life-saving emergency aid to people affected and displaced by insurgency in the…

Gombe State Government has increased its budget on nutrition from N50 to N120 million yearly, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Chairman, Maternal and Neonatal Child Health Coalition (MNCH) Gombe, Malam Alhasan Yaya, disclosed…

... disposes of 190,000 Birds The Plateau Government has closed down 62 poultry farms and destroyed more than 190,000 birds affected by bird flu across the state, an official has confirmed. Dr. Doris Bitrus, Director, Veterinary Services,…

... orders recall of products. China FDA has ordered 3 drug makers to recall certain products off the shelf in the latest effort to enforce good manufacturing practices (GMP) on the firms suspected of sending medicines to the market that…

I’m a 23-year old girl. Early last year, I got pregnant and a doctor confirmed it was about five months old. In order to save myself from embarrassment and shame, I got it terminated in a reputable private hospital where some drips were…

A brain-dead Polish woman has delivered a baby boy after she was kept alive for 55 days so that she could give birth. A hospital official said on Tuesday that the premature baby showed no signs of serious complications. Brain dead due to…

Anyone travelling to Kenya from Uganda or Angola will have to adhere to the yellow fever immunisation protocol. The Ministry of Health also says any Kenyan coming into the country from Uganda or Angola without a valid yellow fever…