[ad_1] Some patients receiving medical care at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, on Wednesday, expressed displeasure over their inability to pay for medical services due to the naira crisis. The patients told the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin they had no cash to pay for their bills including hospital cards, drugs and medical examinations. They…
[ad_1] A report by the World Health Organisation and other UN bodies showed that in 2020 a woman died around every two minutes from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. The report, published on Thursday, said in 2020, “an estimated 287,000 women globally died from a maternal cause, equivalent to almost 800 maternal deaths…
[ad_1] A 41-year-old mason, who is accused of defiling a three-year-old girl through her anus at Amrahia, near Adenta, has been remanded in police custody by the Adentan Circuit Court. Richard Amoako charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mrs Sedinam Awo Balokah ordered the prosecution to file disclosures by the…
Prof. Oyewale Tomori . Domestic vaccine production derailed by policy somersaults of successive governments . States, local governments must step-up, take ownership of diseases control and prevention in their domain . Capacity building without capacity retention, fuels brain drain Eminent Professor of Virology and infectious diseases expert, educationist and ex-Regional Virologist for the…
[ad_1] For the fifth year running, leading health maintenance organisation, Avon Healthcare Limited (Avon HMO) has reaffirmed its commitment to maternal and child health with its just concluded baby photo contest. Tagged #AvonBaby2022, the company also uses the contest to encourage immunisation and engender bonding between parents and their babies. In the just-concluded edition themed,…
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday said the support his government had received from the private sector in addressing social ills was enough to make him the “envy of many presidents of the world.” He spoke in Abuja at the commissioning and handover of security equipment valued at over 12 billion to the military and Nigeria…
[ad_1] A new mosquito species capable of transmitting malaria, first discovered in the Eastern African country of Djibouti in 2012, has been detected in Kenya, researchers in the East African country have confirmed. The new carrier mosquito, named the Anopheles stephensi, can live in different climates while transmitting plasmodium vivax, the parasite that causes the…
[ad_1] By Xinhua writers Zhao Bochao, Li Li (Xinhua) 13:26, February 22, 2023 A recent report by The Wall Street Journal, targeting several China-built global mega-projects, was filled with distorted facts, one-sided stories, and unfounded accusations — an attempt to discredit the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative. What’s the real picture of these projects?…
[ad_1] Kuni Tyessi in Abuja A non-governmental organisation, Okapi Children Cancer Foundation has disclosed that since its establishment in 2017, it has supported over 60 pediatric cancer cases and has intervened in a over 200 cases. Taking its crusade to Government Secondary School, Tudun Wada in Zone 4 of the FCT in commemoration of the…
[ad_1] By Isah Ismaila The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, in collaboration with Nigerians Unite for Tinubu/Shettima (NUFTS), has embarked on a special medical outreach programme for the Christian community in the Federal Capital Territory. The outreach programme which was held at the Piwoyi Church premises on…
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