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2 days ago
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has donated two mini COVID – 19 laboratories to the Plateau Government.
4 days ago
As the struggle for survival in the present economy continues, basic needs are now mostly unaffordable, even as the burden of basic menstrual hygiene products overwhelm many women today due to affordability concerns
14 Mar
A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) has shown an increase in drug resistance and recommended how countries could monitor and respond to the potential challenges.
14 Mar
Sir: According to Brutsaert, MD, Medical College, New York, diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which the amount of sugar in the blood is elevated.
7 Mar
Government, institutions, donors and partners have announced a new commitment with nearly $600 million in new funding to expand vaccine coverage of human papillomaviruses (HPV), increase screening and treatment programmes and, ultimately, eliminate cervical cancer.
29 Feb
After taking the wind off the sail of a well-mobilised protest with an abrupt suspension, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, yesterday said that they could not proceed with the two-day nationwide protest due to intimidation and threats.
22 Feb
Citing cancer as the second leading cause of death globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that an estimated 19.9 million new cases of cancer and almost 10 million deaths from cancer are recorded yearly.
22 Feb
I was just released from the hospital,” my mentee said to me as I called her last Monday to check in. She lives alone and she had fainted at home. Her brother found her in such a critical state and immediately rushed her to the hospital.
20 Feb
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it had transferred 32 patients out of the besieged Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza but feared for the patients and medics still inside. WHO staff said the scenes around the hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis were "indescribable", while calling the conditions inside ripe for the spread…
20 Feb
The World Health Organization voiced alarm Tuesday at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide last year -- a 79-percent increase from 2022.
12 Feb
Year 2024 marks the final year of the World Cancer Day campaign ‘Close the Care Gap’. This annual global call to action unites humanity to prioritise life-saving cancer care and to eliminate health inequities.
12 Feb
AS the World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts a shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low-income countries, the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists (Registration) Board of Nigeria has lamented the increasing brain drain in the health sector.

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