Category: Health
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Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp impeding efforts to combat polio – FG
The federal government (FG) has lamented that false narratives being spread via social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are contributing to lower vaccine acceptance in some communities for polio eradication.
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FCCPC begins inquiry into high cost of BP, diabetes medications
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has commenced an inquiry into the high cost and variation in the prices of drugs in the country.
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Mysterious disease kills more than 50 people in DR Congo
More than 50 people have died from an unknown disease in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) local authorities reported on Monday.
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NCDC alarmed by high fatality rate of Lassa fever
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 80 deaths from 413 confirmed Lassa fever cases across 11 states during Epidemiological Week 6 (Feb. 3–9, 2025).
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Opioid: NAFDAC, NDLEA respond to BBC’s investigation
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reacted to the BBC’s investigation on the smuggling of opioids to West Africa. They spoke in reaction to a BBC investigation uncovering an Indian
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UCH resident doctors suspend indefinite strike action
The resident doctors at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan on Tuesday suspended the strike they embarked upon a day earlier. Dr Uthman Adedeji, the General Secretary of UCH’s Association of Resident Doctors
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UCH resident doctors embark on indefinite strike
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an official said on Monday. The Association’s General Secretary, Dr Uthman Adedeji, told NAN in Ibadan that the strike was due to power outage in some of the
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UCH resident doctors set for indefinite strike
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan Chapter, says it will embark on an indefinite strike, if power is not restored to the residential areas of the hospital. This is contained in a communiqué from its emergency meeting held on Feb. 14, which was made
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Lassa Fever claims 13 lives in Edo, 3 Mpox cases recorded
The Edo Government has confirmed 13 deaths from outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, Director of Public Health at the State Ministry of Health, gave the update during an interview with newsmen on Sunday
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NAFDAC evacuates 140 tonnes of expired, unregistered drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has evacuated 140 tonnes of expired and unregistered drugs from Aba to its office in Anambra. Mr Omoyeni Babatunji, the Deputy Director in charge of Investigation and Enforcement, NAFDAC