Health

Stakeholders calls for synergy to end TB in Nigeria

Organizers of the National Pre-Tuberclosis conference held in Abuja, have called for stakeholders’ engagement in the health sector to courtail the disease in Nigeria. 

The chairman planning committee for the conference, Dr Odume Bethrand, stated this at a press briefing held in Utako [...]

Nigeria’s population doesn’t tally with economic growth’

Development Communications Network, DevComs, has said that Nigeria's rising population growth is not equivalent with economic development as the little resources apportioned for a certain number of people is being stretched to accommodate more people.

Speaking to journalists in Lagos to mar [...]

Birth control vaginal ring prevents unwanted pregnancy - Research

A recently approved contraceptive vaginal ring -- the first that can be used for an entire year -- is a highly effective birth control method, according to clinical trial data presented at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in New Orleans, La.

Approved last August by the Food [...]

Gut microbes eat our medication

The first time Vayu Maini Rekdal manipulated microbes, he made a decent sourdough bread. At the time, young Maini Rekdal, and most people who head to the kitchen to whip up a salad dressing, pop popcorn, ferment vegetables, or caramelize onions, did not consider the crucial chemical reactions behind t [...]

Traditional ruler turns palace to clinic

The village head of Kangimi-Ubangida, Igabi local government area of Kaduna State, Abudullahi Ubangida, has turned his palace into a clinic to reduce maternal mortality in the community. 

Ubangida, disclosed this at the Karishi General Hospital in Abuja.  

He said the gest [...]

U.S envoy drums support to end HIV/AIDs in Nigeria

In an efforts to curb the menace of HIV/AIDs, in Nigeria, a diplomat from the United States has appealed for concerted efforts from all Nigerians saying that the war against the disease cannot be fought by institutions alone. 

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, made [...]

Polio Vaccination: Lagos Kicks Off Second Phase Weekend

With the aim to halt the spread of polio virus, the Lagos State government with support from partners kicks off campaign this weekend to increase coverage of immunized children against vaccine preventable diseases.