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The federal government has said the ongoing outbreak diphtheria has affected 9,478 children across the 20 affected states, with 4,859,181 children vaccinated against in the response. The executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, ...

Rotary Clubs of Abuja in partnership with University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) Teaching Hospital and support from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has advocated for inclusive mental health policies in Nigeria. The president, Ayodele Steven, on behalf of Rotary ...

Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Centre, United States have performed a second successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart on a 58-year-old patient, Lawrence Faucette, with end-stage heart disease. Faucette received the pig heart transplant on September ...

The Rivers State Police Command said its men arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged killing and organ harvesting of a man identified as Progress in Ogbaraye community, Abua/Odual Local Government Area of the state. This came barely two ...

Federal government has said that Gavi the vaccine alliance will be prioritising Nigeria in the rollout of the new malaria vaccine over time. The minister of health, Prof Ali Pate, disclosed this yesterday at the palace of Esu Karu, during ...

The Plateau State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said that Mr Noah Kekere, who is currently being investigated for alleged organ harvesting, is not a Medical Doctor as he has been officially confirmed to be a quack, ...

The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a medical doctor, Noah Kekere, for alleged organ harvesting carried out in his hospital in Jos, the State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Alabo Alfred, told our ...

The G-20 countries have been urged to take action to improve the health of women, children, and adolescents and tackle preventable loss of life around the world. This was contained in a message jointly signed by India’s G20 Sherpa, Amitabh ...

The federal government is set to introduce the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine  to prevent cervical cancer in the country.  The vaccine will be given to children and adolescents between the ages nine to 15 years across the country. Executive director ...

Chairman of  Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kaduna Chapter, Dr Sheyin Madaki, has said that doctors in the contemporary economic hardship needed alternative sources of income. Madaki said this at the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held yesterday in Kafanchan, Jema’a ...