Category: Health
Decaying infrastructure: UCH seeks special intervention fund
Nigeria’s premiere teaching hospital,the University College Ibadan(UCH) is in dire need of funds to update its ageing infrastructure which has robbed off on...
Big tobacco wants African countries to do its bidding
By Leonce Dieudonné Sessou, Executive Secretary, African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) There was a time when tobacco companies could market their deadly and addictive...
COVID-19 breakthrough: UK scientists invents face masks that kills virus
Breakthrough have come the way of fight against the Coronavirus pandemic as Gareth Cave, a scientist in Nottingham, has invented a face mask that “kills more...
COVID-19: WHO alerts African countries on possible surge
The World Health Organisation has urged African countries to be on high alert for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases “even as nearly 20 countries in the...
Malaria responsible for many health complications – AbdulRazaq
· Launches house-to-house distribution of 2.3m free mosquito nets · FG, Devt partners hail AbdulRazaq’s commitment to health More...
Access Bank, GE Healthcare to offer healthcare providers cost-efficient, flexible financing.
As part of continued efforts to revamp Nigeria’s health sector, Access Bank has announced a partnership with GE Healthcare Systems to provide cost-efficient and...
Deworming exercise: 700, 000 children of school age to benefit in Ogun
Ogun State government has said that it has concluded plans to deworm over 700,000 children in its annual school-based deworming programme across 14 Local...
New survey finds millions of people affected by TB still diagnosed, treated with outdated tools
Data on 37 countries reveals widespread failure to follow latest international recommendations for policies on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment Geneva,...
Neimeth grows profit by 66.39% in 2020 despite 31.49% decline in Q4
Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc, a manufacturer of and marketer of pharmaceuticals and animal health products has released its statement of profit or loss and...
World records 207, 500 measles death in 2019 – WHO
…Amid increases in cases to 869,770 Global measles deaths increased by 50 per cent from 2016 to 2019, claiming over 207,500 lives in 2019, WHO said in a statement...
