The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF) has announced the successful conclusion of its World Diabetes Day program, a transformative healthcare initiative that spanned from November 13 to 17, 2023. The groundbreaking event, hosted at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in ...
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Mr. David Akpan, popularly known as “Injection”, a Performing Athlete, and a steward with the Akwa Ibom State Football Association (AKSFA), has cried out to well-meaning Nigerians to help save his life from a life-threatening ailment. David Injection who had ...
Read More »Doctors Without Borders Perform 6,000 VVF Surgeries In Jigawa
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, said it has successfully performed 6,000 Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) repairs and 90,000 deliveries in Jigawa State since 2008. The organisation’s medical operations senior manager, Marie-Hortense Koudika, disclosed this while ...
Read More »Trafficker Excretes 86 Heroin Wraps, NDLEA Seizes 14.4m Opioids Pills
No fewer than 14,481,519 pills of tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over N13bn in street value have been recovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in three major busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo ...
Read More »Vote 15% Of Budget To Health, Doctors Urge Tinubu
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has urged President Bola Tinubu to allocate at least 15 per cent of the 2024 annual budget to the health sector. The President of NARD, Dr Dele Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with The ...
Read More »Devaluation, Cause Of Essential Drugs Scarcity, Killing Pharmaceutical Firms
Experts in the pharmaceutical industry say the massive devaluation of the naira and the unfriendly business environment are adversely affecting Nigeria’s pharmaceutical sector and its profitability. According to them, instead of the sector improving, things are getting worse as more ...
Read More »Sudden Death Syndrome
Two recent incidents at the floor of the National Assembly – the death of a member of the Senate Press Corps, Alhaji Tijani Adeyemi of Tribune Newspapers and the collapse of a ministerial nominee undergoing screening, have once again brought ...
Read More »Cervical Cancer: Vaccination, Regular Screening For Early Detection
As cervical cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer death among women in Nigeria, vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and regular screening for early detection have been identified as Panacea to cervical cancer deaths. The federal government, ...
Read More »Hospital Performs 26 Successful Open Heart Surgeries
The Duchess International Hospital has performed 26 successful open heart surgeries as it marks its second anniversary of providing affordable healthcare services to all Nigerians. The CEO, Duchess International Hospital, Adetokunbo Shitta-Bey, disclosed this to newsmen at the weekend in ...
Read More »US, Nigeria Strengthen Partnership On HIV, Healthcare Initiatives
The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) and the federal government have strengthened their partnership to bolster the fight against HIV and advance healthcare initiatives in Nigeria. Coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Prof. Muhammad ...
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