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 Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Hadejia Valley stretches from Zakirai in Kano State, Continue Reading
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 risk of exposure to the Monkeypox virus was high based on the recent risk assessmentContinue Reading
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) in the country. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in JosContinue Reading
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, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday inContinue Reading
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 States (ECOWAS) Health Ministers. Prof. Stanley Okolo, the WAHO Director-General (DG), disclosed this in anContinue Reading
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 2022 in Kaduna. Mr Umar Adoro, Commander of NDLEA in the state, disclosed this toContinue Reading
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. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organsation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said this in aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 5, 2022 The Anambra State Government says plans are underway to construct an international drug market that will reduce the influx of adulterated drugs. Dr Afam Obidike, the state Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure in Onitsha on Thursday, during an on-the-spot assessment of the locationContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 28, 2022 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday alerted Nigerians on the recall of dark chocolate (with 2,772 units) covered cherries by Torn and Glasser of Pomona. Its Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known in a public alert Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 26, 2022 The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) says it had developed a ten- year strategic plan 2020 to 2030 to serve as a road map for achieving the scheme’s mandate. Prof. Mohammed Sambo, Executive Secretary of the scheme, disclosed this at a press conference inContinue Reading