Janet Ogundepo Maternal health experts have warned women and girls against using tissue paper, cotton wool or scraps of cloth as substitutes for sanitary pads during...
Taiwo Bankole On an operating table in Abuja, a patient lay undergoing surgery for kidney cancer. Hundreds of kilometres away, the surgeon controlling the procedure was...
By Monday Ijeh Danjuma Shekwolo, Chairman, Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says his administration has prioritised healthcare and commenced the remodelling of primary healthcare...
Iyanuoluwa Abiola Healthy-looking livestock can harbour antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pass them to humans through contaminated food, water, animal handling and the environment, microbiologists have warned. The...
Iyanuoluwa Abiola The immediate past vice chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Ogun State chapter, Dr Olumide Obube, has urged governments and health institutions to...
Hussaini Ibrahim Two inmates have died following a cholera outbreak at the Kurmawa Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kano State, the Nigerian Correctional Service has said....
Umar Sani The Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, has said unplanned pregnancies are more common among married women than unmarried women...
Tosin Oyediran The World Health Organisation has expanded its recommended contraceptive options and said new reversible male contraceptive methods could reach the market within the next...
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Stakeholders in the healthcare sector have called for stronger coordination, integration and sustainable financing of health programmes to improve service uptake and outcomes...
Iyanuoluwa Abiola Pharmacists at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital have highlighted their growing role in improving patient care, medication safety, health education, research and innovation....