A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden sheds new light on the question of whether the sex and previous pregnancy of blood donors affects survival in patients who receive red blood cell transfusions.

Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, yesterday, flagged off the ‘Help Baby Survive’ initiative, aimed at reducing maternal and child mortality in the state.

A General Physician, Dr Saheed Adelaja , says resistance to antimalaria drugs contributes to malaria mortality. Adelaja made the assertion on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. “Malaria is a major public health burden throughout the world. “Resistance to antimalarial drugs has increased the mortality despite the various…

The Managing Director of the Federal Medical Centre Jabi, Abuja, Prof. Saad Aliyu Ahmed, has identified hand hygiene as a simple practice that can be used to reduce mortality and morbidity in the health sector.

The Edo State Government has said the state Health Insurance Scheme (Edo-HIS) will strengthen healthcare delivery, reduce mortality and reduce out-of-pocket health expenditure

Committed to reduce the burden of maternal mortality across the country, Managing Director, Nigeria Health Watch, Vivianne Ihekweazu, has called for improved access to appropriate and quality maternal healthcare and medicines during childbirth. According to her, “we have lost too many women due to unavailability of quality medication during and after childbirth, and now is…

Although, it has been established that poor infant feeding practices negatively affect the growth, health and development of children, and a major cause of mortality...

After five un-spaced pregnancies and childbirths, all through Caesarian Section (CS), 35-year-old Ngozi Egbu, a resident of Anambra State still got pregnant again

The fact that Nigeria has been good at reporting outbreaks, mortality and morbidity from diseases instead of promoting prevention engaged our attention the other day

The Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has lauded the mother and child hospital as an edifice that will go a long way to improve maternal and child care health indices,

The Federal Government’s target of reducing the high maternal and infant mortality rate by achieving a 27 percent modern contraceptive prevalence rate...

A new study looking at incidence of disease data nationwide from 2000 to 2016 found a shift in obesity-associated cancers (OACs) to younger individuals. Typically, these cancers are diagnosed at higher rates among people older than 65.