Nigeria far from achieving 15% Abuja Declaration on improving Healthcare-WHO
By Franca Ofili The World Health Organization (WHO), says Nigeria is still far from meeting the 2001 15 per cent…
NGO inaugurates campaign to tackle abdominal obesity
Campaign By Perpetua Onuegbu The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR), an NGO, and celebrity photographer Aisha Augie-Kuta, has inaugurated…
World Sleep Day: Neurologist gives advice on medical care
Prof Frank Imarhiagbe, a Consultant Neurologist, has advised Nigerians going through sleepless nights to seek medical care instead of resorting…
NHIA vows to tackle late payment of claims by HCFs
By Olukayode Babalola The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has vowed to tackle late payments to Health Care Facilities (HCFs)…
UATH, FCCPC unveils Patients Bill Rights
By Gami Tadanyigbe The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada in collaboration with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection…
Sununu supports research on cancer challenges
By Aderogba George Rep. Tanko Sununu, Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare, has joined Nigerians for a call for research on…
Marburg Virus outbreak: WHO deploys experts to Equatorial Guinea combatting
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has deployed experts to Equatorial Guinea following confirmation of the first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus…
UBTH conducts first open heart surgery – CMD
The Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, says the hospital conducted its first open…
Red Cross seeks for 2,000 pints of blood
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos State Branch, has embarked on a blood drive, as part of the organisation’s…
Promoting cancer prevention, diagnosis and therapy
By Franca Ofili (NAN) According to experts cancer is caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in the body.…