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The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, has dissolved the management and Board of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso with immediate effect. The Chairman, Transition and Inauguration Committee, Chief Segun Ogunwuyi,…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said  that decentralisation, digitisation, and interoperability would drive the registration of the birth of 12.7 million children across the country in 2023. UNICEF Child Protection Specialist,…

Governor Mai Buni of Yobe has inaugurated state Emergency Medical Ambulance Service, Healthcare Standard and Quality Regulation Agency on Saturday in Damaturu. Buni said the gesture was meant to enhance emergency medical service…

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Kebbi Office on Saturday sensitised packaged water producers on hygienic way of production for healthier society. The sensitisation is tagged “One Day…

The Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, Prof Prof. Saad Ahmed urged the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation for the hospital to improve medical services and enhance health security in the…

Sickle cell anaemia is a complex inherited disease affecting the blood and other organs of the body. Living with a chronic disease like sickle cell can be difficult to manage daily. This is because you can experience challenging…

An NGO, Tabitha Cumi Foundation (TCF), supported over I00  with one year supply of sanitary pads. The Programmes Manager of the foundation, Mrs Nendi Ohah, disclosed this on Thursday during the close out of the Always Keeping Girls…

A new meningitis vaccine tested in two African countries has shown promise in the fight against the disease, eliciting immune responses against five main strains. A new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday…

As the 76th World Health Assembly continues in Geneva, Switzerland, African governments, represented by Ministers of Health, have launched a regional initiative to tackle the health impacts of climate change in Africa. The initiative is…

Poliomyelitis, popularly known as polio is a virus that can cause paralysis in an unvaccinated child, usually under the age of five. Experts say it leads to paralysis and sometimes can be life-threatening. “The virus is transmitted by…