May 24, 2023

Prepare For Disease Deadlier Than COVID – WHO Chief Warns

The world should be prepared to respond to a disease outbreak of “even deadlier potential” than COVID-19, the head of the WHO said after the UN agency launched a global network to monitor disease threats. In a speech at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday (22 May), WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom […]

May 22, 2023

WHO Launches Global Network To Detect , Prevent Infectious Disease Threat

WHO and partners are launching a global network to help protect people from infectious disease threats through the power of pathogen genomics. The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) will provide a platform to connect countries and regions, improving systems for collecting and analyzing samples, using these data to drive public health decision-making, and sharing that […]

May 20, 2023

Firm Unveils Mental Centre To Boost Emotional Well-Being

Lagos: GreyHub Therapeutic Centre, a mental health and rehabilitation centre, has opened a new office in Ikoyi, Lagos, to cater for the mental health and emotional wellbeing of workers in the workplace. Dr Sola Olowookere, the Consultant Psychiatrist and Chief Executive Officer ofGreyHub, said at the launch that the new centre would help people to […]

May 19, 2023

WHO Advises Not To Use Non-Sugar Sweeteners For Weight Control

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), which recommends against the use of NSS to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The recommendation is based on the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use of NSS does […]

May 15, 2023

WHO Calls On Countries To Accelerate Action To Reduce Anaemia

WHO launches its first-ever comprehensive framework on reducing anaemia, calling on countries to accelerate action to halve anaemia prevalence in women of reproductive age by 2025. According to WHO press release , progress on reducing anaemia has been slow and the world is not on track to reach the global target. Anaemia is a serious […]

May 11, 2023

That Persistent Cough , Weight Loss , Night Fever May Be Tuberculosis — Health Experts

… Tuberculosis is curable, diagnosis , test and treatment are free. By Winifred Bosa Cough that lasts more than two weeks , pain in the chest , unexplained weight loss , night sweats and fever , have been identified by health experts as major symptoms of tuberculosis. In effect , they advised that […]

May 8, 2023

Buratai Raises Concern Over High Rate Of Cervical Cancer In Nigeria

Former Chief of Army Staff, Brig.-Gen. (rtd) Tukur Burutai, has expressed concern over the high rate of cervical cancer in Nigeria. Buratai raised the concern at the Public Presentation and Launch of a book titled: ‘NADAMA’, authored by Mrs Fatima Usara, held in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Usara is the […]

May 7, 2023

We Will Ensure Health Security Achieved During COVID-19 Pandemic Is Sustained — NCDC

With the continued emergence and re- emergence of infectious diseases and as part of its integrated disease surveillance strategy, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has maintained that it would continue to ensure health security achieved during COVID-19 pandemic in the country is sustained . In an official Statement following the Declaration of […]

May 3, 2023

Nigeria Records 532 Meningitis Cases From 22 States

Nigeria has reported a total of 532 confirmed cases out of 1,686 suspected cases of meningitis, including 124 deaths, for a case-fatality ratio of seven percent. The cases were reported from 81 local government areas in 22 states, including the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria from October 1, 2022, to April 16, 2023. This is […]

April 18, 2023

Hope Rises As Nigeria Approves Malaria Vaccine

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) has approved R21 Malaria Vaccine with the potency of preventing malaria infection in children aged five to 36 months. Nigeria has now become the second country in Africa after Ghana to approve the malaria vaccine. The agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, at a […]