Health

“My mother-in-law asked me how I was feeling, and I told her I was fine, but I knew I was not,” says Ngozi, a 28-year-old petty trader from Abakaliki. “I was stooling,…
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Adamawa State Commissioner of Health, Chief Felix Tangwami By Joseph Adahnu, Yola Adamawa state Government has sealed-off eight illegal health training institutions…
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Mulikat Three years into its campaign to have noma recognised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD), international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors…
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Katsina State Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda has revealed the state's intentions to transform the General Amadi Rimi Orthopedic Hospital into a comprehensive healthcare…
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By Ahmed A. Usman, Kafanchan In a bid to promote hygienic practices and bolster security measures within the meat industry, the National Butchers Association of Nigeria, Kaduna…
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By Carl Umegboro Lagos State is the most populous state, the commercial capital of the country and economic hub of West Africa having held the status of the federal capital…
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Continuous heavy fighting has been taking place in Zurmi town of Zamfara State since 10 December, with some of the confrontations occurring dangerously close to a hospital…
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By Anthony Maliki, Abuja Medicines sans Frontières (MSF) says Nigeria has the highest burden of malaria globally, accounting for nearly 30% of the total malaria deaths in the…
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Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Mohammed Ali Pate with Governor Yahaya of Gombe State, left By Akanji Alowolodu, Gombe  Gombe State Governor,…
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Participants at the workshop By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi  The Federal Ministry of Health and Development Partners have been called to as a matter of urgency establish a…
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By El-Yakub Dabai, Birnin Kebbi Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has in Birnin Kebbi inaugurated a seven-member committee to oversee the activities of Reproductive Health…
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Governor Soludo of Anambra State BY SUNNY A. DAVID, AWKA No fewer than 98,960 people in Anambra State are living with HIV/AIDS in the State, says the Anambra State Aids…
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Chairman, BASNEC, Jinjiri J. Garba By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi  Bauchi State Network of Civil Society Coalition (BASNEC) has declared that statistics available have it that…
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Toilets at a school  By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi Open defecation is the act of passing excreta in open air locations instead of in hygienic, covered locations. The…
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Professor Felicia Anumah is Director, Centre for Diabetes Studies, University of Abuja By Anthony Maliki, Abuja Over 11 million Nigerians are living with Type 2 diabetes…
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By Akanji Alowoludo, Bauchi The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has stressed that availability of improved toilet in schools, public spaces, homes and health facilities…
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