ShareBy Aluta News June 5, 2022 The Minister of State, Health, Sen. Adeleke Mamora, says Nigeria is endowed with over 10,000 species of medicinal plants. He also said the country had good arable land and… Nigeria has over 10,000 species of traditional medicinal plants — Mamora
ShareBy Aluta News May 31, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has dismissed insinuation that Nigeria has laboratories where monkeypox virus is generated. The NCDC gave the clarifications via its official website on… Nigeria has no laboratory where monkeypox virus is generated – NCDC
ShareBy Aluta News May 31, 2022 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has arrested one Obinna Igbo, for allegedly importing fake malaria drug, Amanta Forte. The arrest of… NAFDAC nabs businessman for alleged importation of fake drug
ShareBy Aluta News May 30, 2022 A team of researchers from Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa, has begun samples collection to examine the cause of high prevalence of renal disease in Hadeijia Valley. The News… Researchers begin kidney disease samples collection in Hadejia
ShareBy Aluta News May 30, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its latest report on Monkeypox, said the country recorded six cases and one death in May. The centre said that Nigeria’s… Monkeypox: Nigeria reports six cases, one death in May 2022
ShareBy Aluta News May 23, 2022 The Fistula Project Coordinator in Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Dr Sunday Lengman, says more than 150, 000 women are said to be affected by Vesico Vaginal Fistula, (VVF)… 150, 000 women affected by VVF –Fistula project coordinator
ShareBy Aluta News May 18, 2022 A consultant cardiologist, Dr Olayinka Hassan, has warned hypertensive patients against stopping their medication to forestall dangerous health outcomes. Hassan who works at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island,… Cardiologist warns against stoppage of hypertension drugs administration
ShareBy Aluta News May 16, 2022 The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO), says a resolution on “the West African Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Volume 2)” has been adopted by the Assembly of Economic Community of West African… ECOWAS adopts Resolution on “West African Herbal Pharmacopoeia – Volume 2”
ShareBy Aluta News May 10, 2022 The Kaduna State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said its operatives have arrested no fewer than 302 suspected drugs traffickers in the first quarter of… NDLEA arrests 302 suspected drug traffickers in Kaduna in 3 months
ShareBy Aluta News May 6, 2022 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that shortage of midwives will trigger an increase of one million by 2030 with serious implications for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals.… Shortage of midwives may increase to 1million by 2030, says WHO