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The Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, (PCN), Pharm. Elijah Mohammed, said a total of 256 Patent Medicines Vendors shops were sealed off for poor ethical standards in Edo State. The Registrar, disclosed this in Benin through his…

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said cancer kills more people than COVID-19 and yet it does not get the same attention as the latter. Prof. Abayomi stated this in a post on Thursday that, “Cervical cancer is…

Poor funding and lack of political will to end tuberculosis has been identified as a hindrance to ending tuberculosis in Nigeria. The Executive Director KNCV Nigeria, Dr Bethrand Odume, who was speaking at a press briefing ahead of the…

A medical researcher, Dr. Dan Onwujekwe said, parents should let children with HIV know their status, failure to disclose to children who are HIV positive their true status will make such children rebellious. Onwujekwe, a retired Chief…

Nigerians disregard COVID-19 protocols despite rapid spread and the detection of Delta variant, a highly contagious strain of the virus. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani and the Coordinator, COVID-19 Response Task Force,…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila said, the house is working toward amending the National Health Act to address gaps in accessing healthcare, including funding for gunshot victims. Gbajabiamila, who was…

Thailand is considering regulating the amount of locally manufactured AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to be exported, a senior health official said on Wednesday. The Director of the National Vaccine Institute, Nakorn Premsri, said the…

The University of Lagos medical centre said that the institution has recorded increased in patients with COVID-19 infections  as a potential third wave. This was revealed in a statement on COVID-19 pandemic update issued by the…

Moderna Inc said it had signed a supply agreement with the government of Argentina for 20 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine or its updated variant booster vaccine candidate on Monday. The company said, delivery was expected to begin…

The West African College of Physicians has called on the Nigerian government to improve the health indices of Nigerians. The National Chairman and Vice President of the association, Prof Aboi Jeremiah Madaki, made the call in a…