Health

BRICON Foundation Urges Cancer Survivors To Embrace Life Beyond Ordeal

BRICON Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has stressed the need for cancer patients and survivors to embrace life beyond diagnosis, treatment and surgery. Mrs Abigail Simon-Hart, a Co-founder of the...

97% of PHCs in 16 States fail staffing standard – Orodata Report

A new assessment has revealed that 97 per cent of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across 16 states failed...

LUTH, CMUL, Physiotherapist Mark World Physiotherapy Day

The Departments of Physiotherapy, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), have...

Jigsimur Plus challenges ruling on label bottle design

Jigsimur Plus Nigeria Ltd. says it will challenge the ruling of the Patents and Designs Registry, Abuja, concerning...

NGO sensitises stakeholders on mental health   

 The Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), managers of Ireti Resource Centre, has sensitised 50 stakeholders on mental...
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Ebonyi commences free hydrocele surgery

Abakaliki, Nigeria - The Ebonyi Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, has flagged off the third batch of free hydrocele surgery. A hydrocelectomy is a...

Anambra begins 3rd Big Catch Up vaccination on April22

The Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA) has revealed plans to launch the third round of its Big Catch Up (BCU) vaccination...

NSSF launches study on informal sector health insurance

The Nigerian Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) has launched a nationwide study aimed at identifying barriers to health insurance participation among workers in Nigeria's informal...

Dementia: WHO Launches Blueprint To Tackle Generational Health Challenge

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Tuesday launched the first-ever research blueprint for tackling dementia.

Fake sunscreens increasing cases of skin cancers in Nigeria

Lagos - A Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife, says ineffective sunscreens in the Nigerian markets are contributing to the massive increase in the number...

70% Nigerians Still Patronise Herbal Medicines – Agency

The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) said that 70 per cent of Nigerians still patronise herbal medicines, saying that it is as old as mankind.
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