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The World Health Organization (WHO) is has appointed African singer, Pretty Yende as a Goodwill ambassador for Arts and Health. She was appointed alongside another internationally acclaimed artists, Renée Fleming. This prestigious…

The Omotayo Charity Foundation, an offshoot of the Omotayo Maternity Home (OMH), Oke-Ado, Ibadan, Oyo State, has gone all out to sensitise women on the importance of reducing the rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria, maintaining that no…

The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday tasked countries to carry out the reforms needed to prepare for the next pandemic and honour a previous commitment to boost financing for the U.N. health agency.…

The President of the World Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has called for a more humanised and patient-centred a healthcare value chain. He said this at the 10th Global Patients’ Congress organised by the International…

Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge is one of the first in the UK to use a Versius for lung and chest surgery. Adam Peryt, a surgeon at the hospital who has begun using the technology, said: "It's completely different from the old…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has directed its members to suspend the five-day nationwide warning strike embarked upon by its members. After its three-hour extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Sunday, NARD…

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye revealed that over 70 per cent of food exports from Nigeria are rejected abroad. Disclosing this on Sunday at the…

Health officials in the United States Of America have reported another death and several more cases of vision loss from illnesses linked to eyedrops tainted with drug-resistant bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners are launching a global network to help protect people from infectious disease threats through the power of pathogen genomics. In a statement, it said that the International Pathogen…

Yobe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (YOSCHMA) on Friday, received “Best corps Employer Award” of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The award is in recognition of the agency’s outstanding, friendly disposition to NYSC…