HEALTH

A urologist, Dr Sam Adegboye, has debunked claims that frequent sucking of women’s breasts reduces the risk of developing breast cancer.  Adegboye, Assistant Chief Medical Officer and General Practitioner at Federal Teaching Hospital,…

Ahead of the 2025 Abuja Reproductive Health Week, the Nordica Fertility Centre, organizers of the event in collaboration with the Secretariat of Health and Human Services at the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCDA are hopeful…

The Health Policy Research Group (HPRG) has emphasized the importance of establishing Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) clubs in schools to prevent disease outbreaks and improve public health outcomes. READ ALSO:WaterAid,…

The Community Link for Health and Family Health Advocacy (CLHFPA) has decried apathy to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Nasarawa State. READ ALSO:Group seeks Medicaid support for HPV elimination Mrs Mary…

The officer in-charge of Antenatal Clinic (ANC), Primary Healthcare Centre, Miri, Bauchi state, Mrs Umul-Khairi Musa has said that the facility has begun a cohort based learning for pregnant women to save motherhood. READ…

Tuberculosis (TB) has affected no fewer than two in 1,000 residents of Anambra, an official of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has revealed. READ ALSO:Tuberculosis: Nigerian government intensifies efforts to end epidemic…

The Mandate Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, says Nigeria is working on producing vaccines against Malaria. READ ALSO:25 countries to…

In commemoration of the world kidney day 2025, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians to be health conscious. READ ALSO:ABUTH to commence kidney transplant programme in 2025 The call was…

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that 150,000 residents will benefit from the Accelerated Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA) project in two local government areas in Adamawa. READ ALSO:UNICEF, Nigeria Partner To…

Severe outbreak of Mpox is spreading through the town of Kabare, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The disease, primarily transmitted through close…