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A nutritionist, Ms Uju Onuorah, says breastfed babies have a lower risk of type one diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and obesity later in life. Onuorah said this in an interview with the newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. According to her,…

Some medical experts have called on both Federal and State Governments to increase funding of healthcare services toward reducing maternal mortality and brain drain in the country. They made the calls on Saturday in their separate…

The Programme Coordinator, Women Friendly Initiative (WFI), Mrs Rosemary Adaji, has advised nursing mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding in order to safeguard their babies’ health. Adaji gave the advice in an interview with the news…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has charged stakeholders in Zamfara to accelerate efforts toward promoting universal health coverage in the state. Dr Bolanle Olusola-Faleye, the Chief of Party of the…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency with support from Busara Centre for Behavioral Economics has organize a 1-day Close-out and dissemination of the "Strengthening Demand for PHC Services in Nigeria Project.” …

In order to activate sections 17, 18, 19 and 20 of the 2018 Prohibition Act, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr James David Lalu has advocated for the actualization of scholarship schemes for…

Mr Ikenna Nwakanma, the Programme Officer of the Nigerian Network of Religious Leaders Living with or personally affected by HIV/AIDS (NINERELA+), has expressed optimism about achieving epidemic control in the future. Nwakanma said this…

A global nutrition initiative, Alive & Thrive (A&T), and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Wednesday, trained health workers in Kaduna State on the dangers of Breastmilk Substitute (BMS).…

The Biochemist Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BPAoN) says the association is set to release test-treatment for the cure of HIV/AIDS. This is coming after years of clinical research to completely remove the existence of…

The governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has said that the state Diagnostic Centre which is being handed over to the Nigeria Sovereign Investments Authority, has come a long way and is taking a bold step through this strategic…