The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a research institute working in the area of global health statistics and impact evaluation at the University of Washington, USA, has disclosed that heart diseases are responsible for 33 per cent of deaths across the globe. Following heart diseases is cancer which has 18 per cent […]
The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Gambo Aliyu has said that more women are living with HIV in Nigeria than men. Aliyu also said young Nigerian women are three times more likely to be living with HIV than men of the same age group, adding that six […]
At least 20 students of some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune local government areas of Yobe State have died from a suspected Meningitis outbreak. It was learnt that the deaths were recorded in Government Science Technical College, Government Girls Science Technical College, and Federal Government Girls College, all in Potiskum LG. […]
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris, has confirmed the outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic fever (Lassa fever) that claimed the lives of three staff members of 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna. Briefing journalists on Friday in Abuja, Idris said that the NCDC was […]
Pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers have been directed to stop supplying medical products to patent medicines dealers in Niger Street and Sabon Gari Market, Kano State. This follows the judgment of the Federal High Court on Friday, which ordered the medicine merchants to immediately vacate the Sabon Gari Market and relocate to the coordinated Wholesale […]
A pregnant woman, two children, and ten (10) men and women have succumbed to the Lassa fever outbreak in Ebonyi State. The Disease Surveillance Notification Officer, Mr. Orogwu Sampson of the Ministry of Health, disclosed this over the weekend. According to Orogwu, between January 4th and February 16th, 2024, no fewer than 25 confirmed […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that the ban on the production of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small-volume PET and glass bottles below 200 mls was a collective decision. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement she signed on […]
The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti on Sunday said the cancer situation in Africa is disheartening. Dr Moeti, in her message to commemorate the 2024 World Cancer Day, stated that “approximately 882,882 new cancer cases occurred in the WHO African Region with around 573,653 deaths. “About 50 per cent […]
(NBS) says the national average cost of a healthy diet (CoHD) in Nigeria was N786 per adult per day in December 2023. This represents N44 or a 5.9 percent increase from the N742 recorded in November last year. In Nigeria, CoHD is the minimum cost of food needed to meet international recommendations defined in […]
No fewer than 227 deaths and 1,270 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were recorded in Nigeria from 28 states in 2023, Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has disclosed. Meanwhile, in response to the rapidly increasing cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria, NCDC through the National Lassa Fever Technical Working […]
