The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, has asserted that the nation is capable of providing adequate healthcare for its citizens, notwithstanding the withdrawal of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) announced on Friday the discovery of a significant operational hub engaged in the distribution of expired and counterfeit medications located in Umumeje village, within the Osisioma Ngwa region of Abia State.
The United Nations AIDS agency, UNAIDS, on Friday said more than six million people could die from HIV and AIDS in the next four years if Donald Trump, the US President ends its global funding for programmes.
Following the confirmation of the Ebola virus outbreak in Uganda, the Nigerian Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recommended that Nigeria strengthen its domestic preparedness and that Nigerian citizens refrain from traveling to countries affected by the Ebola virus.
Striking doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have urged FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Senate President Godswil Akpabio to use government hospitals in the capital to realize the plight of health workers and patients.
Cases of infectious human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been surging in the past few days in northern Chinese provinces, mainly among children.
Skipping breakfast can hinder weight loss, Spanish researchers have found. If you are trying to lose extra weight after the holidays, you should eat 20-30% of your daily caloric intake at breakfast.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said it destroyed over ₦120bn worth of seized products between July and December 2024 across the six geopolitical zones and the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria.
The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD-FCTA), has issued a two week ultimatum to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, warning that its members would embark on the ‘deadliest shutdown’ of hospitals if outstanding demands are not met.
Nigeria on Friday received its first dose of Mpox vaccines, 11, 200 donated by the United States of America and facilitated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.