The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, and his team on Wednesday began free cancer screening for the...
Health and Wellness
New research by the University of Oxford has found that exposure to high temperatures during pregnancy is linked to a decline in male...
The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) has entered into a strategic partnership with MySmartMedic, a health technology subsidiary of Uniccon Group, to expand...
No fewer than 10,000 persons living in the suburb of Lagos would benefit from free healthcare services that would be part of activities...
Claims circulating on social media have raised concerns about the welfare of personnel at the Ojo Military Cantonment in Lagos State. In a...
The paltry release of N36 million out of the N218 billion capital allocation for the health sector in the 2025 budget, amid equipment...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has enjoined communities to celebrate the International Condom Day (ICD) with the simple message – “Just Use It!”...
Nigeria needs about 120 radiotherapy machines to adequately treat all cancer patients in the country, but it has only 15, a figure far...
Antivenom shortages and weak treatment capacity are undermining Nigeria’s response to snakebite envenoming, with frontline health workers warning that preventable deaths and long-term...
A Nigerian-born nurse, Chimzuruoke Okembunachi, has had her nursing licence cancelled in Australia after a tribunal found she repeatedly slept during night shifts...
A Nigerian medical doctor, Dr. Festus Oluseye Babarinde, has been honoured with the 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award in the...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and OpenAI have announced a $50 million partnership to help African countries apply artificial intelligence to fragile health systems....
A Bauchi-based veterinarian, Dr. Shehu Zailani, says the cold and dry conditions of the harmattan pose serious threats to livestock health. He said...
Microbiologists are issuing a stark warning to households: your kitchen sink may be one of the most contaminated surfaces in your home, harboring...
It’s an ache that most of us will suffer at some point – and for millions, it can be relentless. Globally, more than...
Ivory Coast has signed a major bilateral health agreement with the United States aimed at strengthening the country’s health system and improving its...
Georgia will begin requiring all foreign tourists to carry health and accident insurance as a condition of entry starting Jan. 1, 2026, marking...
Stakeholders in the health sector have called for an urgent overhaul of Nigeria’s health insurance scheme, warning that the prevailing cash-and-carry system in...
Researchers are closer than ever to finding a pill that could help patients recover from brain injuries, like strokes, something doctors thought impossible....
A Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Dr. Otto Nimi Aria, has called on Nigerians to end the...
