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Health

April 26, 2024

NIMR, partner donate cervical cancer screening equipment to 10 hospitals

According to the World Health Organisation, in Nigeria, 23 to 28 women die daily of cervical cancer.

CERVICAL SCREENING EQUIPMENT
April 26, 2024

Only 58,000 out of 130,000 registered doctors renewed licence: MDCN

MDCN says only 58,000 doctors renewed their annual practice licence out of the 130,000 registered doctors in the country.

NIGERIAN DOCTORS
April 26, 2024

FG advised to integrate hepatitis B test into antenatal care

Mr Adda gave the advice on Friday on the sidelines of the 2024 biennial conference organised by the National Council for Women Societies in Abuja.

Nursing mothers
April 26, 2024

Tinubu govt urged to end drug, human trafficking

AKH-TRACADA made the call in a statement on Friday.

President Bola Tinubu
April 26, 2024

PCN closes 751 medicine stores in Gombe

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria enforcement team has shut down 751 medicine stores in Gombe.

April 25, 2024

Benin, Liberia, Sierra Leone roll out malaria vaccines

With the announcement on World Malaria Day, the number of African countries incorporating the vaccines into their childhood immunisation programmes increased to eight.

Malaria vaccine
April 25, 2024

No one should die of malaria in Africa: WHO 

“No one should die from malaria in Africa; indeed, every single malaria death is a death too many because malaria is preventable and treatable,” said WHO.

Patients in the hospital used to illustrate the story
April 25, 2024

Nigerians advised to eat mango with its skin for good health

The doctor, however, warned that eating excess mango could cause diarrhoea.

Man eating mango (Credit: X)
April 25, 2024

Philippines battles measles, whooping cough outbreaks: UNICEF

UNICEF said the Bangsamoro Autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao reported more than 500 measles cases before April 1.

The Philippines
April 25, 2024

Nigeria, 15 other countries get $36.5 million to eliminate trachoma

Ms Shu’aibu said the funding was under the organisation’s “Accelerate Programme” to end the disease by 2027.

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