Health

About 5.1 million people in Plateau State do not have access to water and decent toilet facilities, the 2018 Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) National Outcome Routine Mapping (NORM) survey shows,…

Rotary is giving US$50 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio. The funding will provide surveillance, technical assistance, and operational support for immunization activities, and will reach up to 38.4 million children…

The Ijede General Hospital is located along the Egbin Thermal Power Station Road in Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State. The hospital sits on land about the size of a standard football pitch and serves a population of…

Dame Pauline Tallen, Waje, Amaechi Okobi, others join Hebert Wigwe at the 10km ‘Walk for Women’s Health’Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, Access Bank’s Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe and popular soul and R&B…

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called for mandatory enrolment of formal and informal sectors into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).Dr Ekpe Uche, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chairman, made the appeal at the…

Several patients of the National Ear Care Centre, Kaduna have heaped praises on the management and staff of the centre, over what they described as prompt service delivery.Speaking in separate chats with our correspondent who took a…

Iron, a key nutrient to develop children’s brains and help adults live productive lives, is acutely lacking in people’s diets There is an African proverb that says: “Your food is supposed to be your medicine and your medicine is supposed…

Thousands of years ago, glaciers covered much of the planet. Oceans receded as water froze in massive sheets of ice blanketing the North American continent. As the ice age ended, glaciers melted.Massive river deltas flowed out across…

Scientists at Australia’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research developed a new compound that could be a game-changer for medical emergencies and surgeries to prevent cells from dying.The new compound is able to keep…

The 344-year-old tortoise in the traditional ruler of Ogbomoso’s palace, popularly known as ‘Alagba’, has passed on.Mr Toyin Ajamu, the Private Secretary to Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, Soun of Ogbomoso, confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday in…