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The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said that Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara, three important northwest States will need $15 million to upscale the quality of life of their citizenry. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Christian Munduate, said this

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that about 14.3 million or  Nigerians are victims of drug abuse. Adeyeye stated this at the inaugural ceremony of the agency’s youth programme,

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said that an estimated 7.8 million people affected by over a decade of violence in the northeast part of Nigeria require urgent humanitarian support, including life-saving aid, protection, safer

An advocacy working group, Family Health Initiative Ogun (FAHIO), has intensified efforts to ensure that members of the public have understanding and derivable benefits of vaccinating girl child against Human Pipillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer in women. Speaking

The Joint Action Committee of the Cross River State health sector have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, threatening to embark on an industrial action at the end of the ultimatum to press home their demand

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General World Health Organisation (WHO), addressed global health issues on Thursday – yesterday, January 16 – revealing that cervical cancer is the fourth-most common cancer in women worldwide, causing an estimated 660,000 cases and 350,000 deaths annually. The WHO boss

Rotary International says it has spent over $300 million in anti-polio campaigns in Nigeria, since the beginning of its global immunization efforts. Mark Maloney, Chair of the Rotary International Foundation and first to visit Nigeria, who disclosed this during a visit to

Rivers State Government has confirmed the death of nine persons suspected to have died of cholera in two local government areas of the State. State Commissioner for Health, Adaeze Oreh, made the disclosure when she briefed journalists  in Port Harcourt on

The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, Dr. Ikrama Hassan, has called on citizens and government employees to adopt regular physical exercise as a preventive measure against sudden death and non-communicable diseases. Dr.

While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts say. HMPV has circulated in humans for decades. Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory