Category: Health
Cholera hits Adamawa as 12 persons reportedly dead
A bacterial disease, Cholera has hit the state of Adamawa, the northern area of Nigeria.
Confirming the outbreak in Yola on Sunday, the State Commi [...]
BREAKING: Doctors begin strike today
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, will today, embark on a seven-day warning strike over the abduction of Dr Ganiyat Popoola who was kidnappe [...]
WHO partners with ALGON to tackle health challenges in Nigeria
The World Health Organisation, WHO has reached an agreement with the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON to tackle health challenges [...]
Covid-19 back again as 775 million people infected within one month
More than 775 million people have been infected with the deadly coronavirus disease, COVID-19, according to the World Health Organisation, WHO.
Giv [...]
UNICEF builds 720,000 Capacity Oxygen plant in Rivers
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has built a 720,000 litres capacity oxygen plant in Rivers State.
Handing over the project to [...]
Hospital attacked and banks looted in Sudan
Reports from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, suggest that looting has become such a severe problem that it's causing shortages of basic supplies.
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Scores of local pharmacies closing across England
The number of pharmacies in England has fallen by 160 over the last two years, BBC analysis shows.
There are now 11,026 community chemists, accord [...]
Cannabis and khat ban overturned in Uganda
A law that criminalised drugs and narcotics, such as marijuana and khat, has been nullified by Uganda’s constitutional court.It follows a challenge s [...]
Nigerian biochemists to begin test-treatment for HIV cure
The association said it was awaiting approval from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to launch the main treat [...]
Doctors performed brain surgery on a baby before she was born and now she’s thriving
A team of doctors in Boston successfully performed a novel fetal surgery to treat a rare brain condition known as vein of Galen malformation.
Alth [...]