ShareBy Aluta News April 28, 2023 Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has tasked Nephrologists in Nigeria on sustained preventive advocacy about kidney diseases in the country. Abubakar made the call on Thursday in Sokoto when the members ofContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 17, 2023 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it has granted approval to Serum Institute Pvt. Ltd. (SIIPL) R21 malaria vaccine for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. The Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this at a news conference onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 17, 2023 The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says 746 Nigerians die annually from oral cancer complications in the country. He said 1,146 cases were diagnosed in the country annually. Ehanire, who was represented by Dr Gloria Uzo-Igwe, Head of the Dentistry Division, Federal MinistryContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 8, 2023 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says global life expectancy for both sexes has increased from 46 to 73 years, with the biggest gains in the poorest countries. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, said this during an online media conference. Ghebreyesus said after yearsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 28, 2023 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians not to use unapproved cosmetics because the dangers were largely irreversible. The Director-General NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning during the media sensitisation workshop on dangers of bleaching creamsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 23, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-designation of the State House Clinic back to Medical Centre. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar made this known after a pre-commissioning inspection of the new Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Medical Centre by SecretaryContinue Reading
ShareBy Abujah Rachael, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) A 12 year-old girl identified as Maria was among the children diagnosed with TB during a screening outreach at her primary school in Lagos. The outreach was organised by the USAID-supported Institute of Human Virology Nigeria Tuberculosis Local Organisations Network 3 (IHVNContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 19, 2023 The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) say the new naira policy has worsened the healthcare situation in the country as people find it difficult to access services and drugs due to lack of cash. The Kwara NMA Chairman, DrContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 9, 2023 The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN), has said that public awareness of symptoms and risk factors, including lifestyle, could also increase early detection of cancers and thus increase survival rates. Dr Patrick Dakum, CEO IHVN, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 5, 2023 Project Pink Blue (PPB), a Non-Government Organisations (NGO) has appealed to the Federal Government to gazette the National Cancer Act to put the document into operation. The Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, made the call on Saturday in Abuja duringContinue Reading