Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Health

July 15, 2024

Pharmaceutical multinationals left Nigeria because of forex scarcity: PMG-MAN

PMG-MAN bemoaned the paucity of foreign exchange in the country, saying it had negatively affected the local pharmaceutical industry.

PMG-MAN
July 14, 2024

Cholera: Lagos task force arrests eight over contaminated turkey in Epe

Mr Abdulraheem noted that somehow, the contaminated turkeys found their way into the hands of unscrupulous elements trying to sell them.

turkey
July 14, 2024

Kaduna government seeks EU’s support to boost solar energy supply to hospitals

Mr Aminu-Idris said the EU support would go a long way toward deploying cleaner energy systems for the hospitals in Kaduna.

Uba Sani
July 13, 2024

Health groups test pregnant women, others in Lagos for HIV

“Today, we are at the mosque; tomorrow we can be in the church and subsequent days in the traditional centres,” said Mr Ogirima.

Health groups test pregnant women
July 13, 2024

Measles kills 10 children in Abuja community

The Head of Damangaza Hausawa, Bello Musa, said that the Public Health Department, FCT, had been notified of the situation.

Measles Illustration
July 12, 2024

NCDC unveils integrated disease testing, surveillance laboratory in Lagos

Mr Idris said the integrated laboratory would be a game-changer in the fight against infectious diseases.

Jide Idris
July 12, 2024

Lagos government receives tuberculosis situation room from USAID

The TB situation room has state-of-the-art technology and sustainability features, including solar power.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Gov. Sanwo-Olu
July 12, 2024

Two-thirds of Nigerian doctors, nurses demand bribes before attending to patients: NBS

NBS said 42 per cent of the health workers received bribes to speed up the procedure, and 15 per cent also took bribes to make the finalisation of the procedure possible.

July 12, 2024

CMD decries water shortage, poor power supply at ATBU teaching hospital

Mr Bara told the Senate committee members, “Our major challenges are inadequate power and water supply because of the topography.”

ATBUTH
July 12, 2024

HIV: FG tasks committee to scale up pediatric care

“This will ensure that no child is born HIV positive and that those who are positive receive quality care,” said Nigeria’s junior health minister.

HIV/AIDS