Category: Health
Nigerian Academy of Medicine presents 2022 annual lecture
Principal officers of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine (NAMed) at the 2022 Annual Lecture and Indiction Ceremony of the Academy in Abuja on To Thursday, September 29,...
Ebola death surges again in Uganda, claims nine
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to nine, the health ministry said Friday, two weeks after the authorities announced an epidemic...
Nurse fined N100,00 for piercing newborn baby’s eyes
A nurse at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, Mrs. Folade Adeshina, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment with an option of a...
Like ASUU, pharmacists wants wage increase
Pharmacists across the country may head the way of Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU as they have also solicited an increase in their wages. Finally, ASUU...
Answering challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance
By Pascale Ondoa and Yewande Alimi Staphylococcus aureus is the source of a skin infection that can turn deadly if drug resistant. Estimates regarding the...
HealthPlus: Has mPharma bought lemon?
By Modebayo Adesanmi Last week, mPharma, Africa’s leading health technology company, issued a statement in which it claimed it has acquired a majority stake in...
Ebola outbreak in Uganda,one dead
The government of Uganda has declared an outbreak of the dreaded Ebola virus disease. South Sudan, WHO steps up preparedness for Ebola outbreak The...
ASUU strike may lead to epression in lecturers, students – Psychiatrists warn
The Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria has decried the impact of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on lecturers and students,...
Ekweremadu diagnosed with kidney damage
This are definitely not the best of time for a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, as he has been diagnosed with acute kidney damage even as he...
700,000 people commits suicide globally annualy-WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 per cent of all global suicides...
