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Post-COVID-19: WHO urges countries to invest in health facilities
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday emphasised the need for countries to invest more in health facilities and services to build a healthier post-COVID-19 world.
WHO in a…
Vestergaard advocates for quality bednets to eliminate malaria in Nigeria
The cornerstone of malaria prevention are essentially vector control in the form of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS),” said panellist, Patrick…
Knowing your risk factors can help you conceive
Infertility refers to how long you have been trying to conceive unsuccessfully. While there are possible early warning signs of infertility as well as risk factors (things that make it more…
Health benefits of Nigerian traditional diets (1)
Great nutritionists, including Mark Wahlqvist, a professor of Medicine and president, International Union of Nutritional Sciences (2003), attest to the fact that there is evidence-based…
Local pharmaceutical firm introduces new anti-malaria drug
ST. Racheal’s Pharmaceutical, a local drug company, has launched its antimalarial brand - ‘ST.Racheal’s Artemether 80mg + Lumefantrine 480mg 1×6 Tablets’ in Lagos.
Akinjide Adeosun, the…
Why resident doctors embarked on strike despite agreement with FG
The national president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, has explained why resident doctors embarked on a total and indefinite strike on Thursday…
38 of every 100 Nigerians suffer high BP disease
A public physician at the College of Medicine, Lagos State University, Bisola Adebayo; and a medical consultant, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Titilade Akinola,…
Total Health Trust restates support for children with special needs
Total Health Trust (THT), Nigeria’s leading Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) visited Ojuwoye Community Inclusive Primary School in the Mushin local government area of Lagos State as…
Senate summons Health Minister, NAFDAC DG, others over importation of syringes,…
The Senate Committee on Health on Monday summoned the Minister of Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire; and the Director-General of National Agency for Food…
‘Majority of what makes us well has very little to do with doctors’
Simisola Alabi is a UK-based medical doctor, speaker, teacher, healthcare leader, mum and wife. The Class of 2000 graduate of Medicine at the University of Lagos, now practices Clinical…