Kano state government has provided artificial limbs to 190 people with amputated limbs free. The state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje disclosed this while supervising the exercise, organized by Kano state government in collaboration with Tolaram Foundation and JIBWIS, at Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital, Giginyu in the state capital. The Governor was represented by […]

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court recently remanded a 34-year-old chemist, Augustine Udemba, for allegedly causing a woman’s death by giving her abortion drugs. Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere, ordered that Udemba be kept in Ikoyi Prison pending advice from the state director of Public Prosecutions. Udemba, a resident of Church Street, Badagry, Lagos, is facing a count charge […]

THE Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC, has confirmed 16 deaths from 60 cases of Lassa fever in eight states.  NCDC also established that 590 out of 593 contacts are currently under watch in the eight States of the Federation since the beginning of the year. Giving an update of this development ,the Director General […]

Nigeria experienced its largest ever reported outbreak of Lassa fever in 2018 with 23 of the 36 states of the federation affected and yet ,the disease is still endemic in several parts of the country. Disclosing this recently in Abuja , National Coordinator / Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. […]

A group of six independent United Nations rights experts called on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health care, and reiterated calls for their immediate release, as they continue a hunger strike in protest. “We urge the Government to immediately and unconditionally provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi with […]

Eating more dietary fiber and whole grains protects against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer, according a new review commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO). Researchers reviewed and meta-analyzed 40 years of studies, including 185 observational studies with data encompassing 135 million person-years and 58 clinical […]

A man in eastern China had a long rod stuck in his bowels on New Year’s Day after inserting it into his backside to ‘seek excitement’, according to Chinese media. The object, reported to be a ‘glass rod’, initially became stuck in the man’s rectum and it gradually moved up into his large intestine, said […]

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Board has initiated steps to improve reduction in maternal mortality in the territory. Dr Ndeayo Iwot, Acting Executive Secretary of the board who stated this said that the overall aim of the board was to ensure that no single woman died in the process of giving birth. […]

In order to increase the uptake of HIV Testing Services [HTS] and achieve the UNAIDS 90-90-90 initiative , the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) has commenced  sensitisation of 500 religious leaders across the five divisions of Lagos State on HIV/AIDS . According to the Chief Executive Officer of LSACA, Dr. Oluseyi Temowo,  the sensitisation […]