The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that an estimated 135 million people in Africa have ear and hearing problems.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti made the announcement in her message marking this year's World Hearing Day.
World Hearing Day is commemorated
on March 3rd yearly to raise awareness...
More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report.
The World Obesity Federation's 2023 atlas predicts that 51% of the world, or more than 4 billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that eighty-five people in the country died from Lassa fever within six weeks.
The agency disclosed this in its situation report published on Monday, February 20, 2023.
It also disclosed that 68 more cases of Lassa fever were confirmed while the disease...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the Ekiti State Government, with funding from the World Bank's Pandemic Emergency Financing facility through the Nigeria COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project commissioned NCDC’s first Zonal Reference Laboratory (ZRL) in the country in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.
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In line with efforts to reduce the distance cancer patients have to travel for treatment, the Federal Government has commissioned Brachytherapy Machines In Five Federal Teaching Hospitals across the country.
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire disclosed this on Monday, February 6, 2023 at a press briefing in Abuja to...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that if concrete steps were not taken to stem the tide of cancer, current projections has shown that Africa would account for nearly 50% of the global childhood cancer burden by 2050.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti disclosed this in...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that Nigeria made an exponential increase in Tuberculosis (TB) case detection and also, significant progress in reporting of the disease.
WHO AFRO region disclosed this on Friday, January 3, 2023 at the Mid-term review of the TB National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2021- 2025...
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has announced a record-breaking stop treatment decision that frees nearly 18.9 million Nigerians in four states from river blindness (onchocerciasis).
The announcement was contained in a circular released by the ministry on Monday, January 30, 2023 to commemorate this year's World NTDs day.
NTDs are...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Government of Benin Republic have destroyed five containers of tramadol 200 mg and other unregistered pharmaceuticals supplies worth 95 billion naira.
Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeye disclosed this on Monday, January 23, 2023, at a press...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has admonished Nigerians to disregard reports making rounds on the social media about a new flu in China of whom seven Nigerians had reportedly died from.
Ehanire stated this on Monday, January 23, 2023, at the biweekly press briefing on update on Covid-19...
