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The Nigeria Governors’ Wives Forum (NGWF) has pledged to change the narrative by working towards ensuring the prompt release of nutrition budgets in the 36 States of the Federation. The Chairperson of the NGWF, Mrs. Maryam Tambuwal, gave…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged African countries to implement their commitments through policies and programmes that would address the root causes of hypertension to promote healthy living. WHO Regional Director for Africa…

Former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon has urged Nigerian youths to embrace vocational training and skills in order to be self-sufficient and employers of labour. Gowon made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja, while inaugurating the NYSC…

As the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Ukraine’s capital, Petro Nikitin has his hands deep in a war churning hundreds of kilometers (miles) away. The 59-year-old doctor’s work to repair the bodies of some of the most badly…

State and federal health officials are warning U.S. residents to cancel planned surgeries in a Mexico border city after five people from Texas who got procedures there came back and developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis. One of…

A non-governmental organisation, Adewunmi Desalu Parkinson’s Foundation has said the Parkinson’s disease affects more than 10 million persons, globally. The Foundation said this during the maiden edition of the Parkinson Disease symposium…

The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), has called for global response to the risk posed by Antimicrobial resistance to public health. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer…

The Nigerian Government has instituted strategic interventions at the Tertiary, Secondary, and Primary Health Care levels to screen at least 80 percent of the eligible population and place 80 percent of people with hypertension on standard…

The Nigeria Government says negotiations are ongoing with stakeholders over the five-day warning strike embarked upon by members of the National Association of Resident Doctors. Fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja, the Director,…

The first human trial of a new type of dirty-bomb-antidote pill, designed to remove harmful radioactive contamination from the body, is starting in the US. The drug, HOPO 14-1, is thought to work against several materials…