The Bayelsa Government is investigating suspected cases of monkeypox outbreak in its communities. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu said this in Yenagoa on Wednesday following reports that some…
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25.5 million unsafe abortions performed annually– WHO
WHO worried over high rate of abortion The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said dangerous methods were used in nearly half of the 55.7 million abortions carried out each…
Kwara Government Partners LEAH foundation to Screen Female Civil Servants for cancer
And as cancer continues to pose severe health risk to both young and old, the Kwara State Government in partnership with LEAH foundation is to commence a free cervical and…
WHO begins cholera vaccination for one million in Borno state
The World Health Organisation, WHO, and the Nigerian government have concluded arrangement to vaccinate close to one million people over the age of one in Borno against cholera outbreak. The…
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, JOHESU, and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM on Tuesday announced the commencement of their nationwide strike.…
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a new case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara. Prof. Isaac Adewole,…