The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) has reaffirmed its support for the hospital’s management under the leadership of Chief Medical Director, Professor Chizindu Alikor. In a statement issued on Sunday, RSUTH said the courtesy visit by the ARD delegation was led by its President, Dr Nonju Tamunobarabiye, who…
To mark World Zoonoses Day, Wild Africa, a conservation non-profit body has warned that Nigeria risks becoming the epicentre of the next deadly zoonotic disease outbreak if urgent action is not taken to curb its thriving illegal bushmeat trade. In a statement issued on Sunday by its Nigeria representative, Festus Iyorah, Wild Africa said diseases…
The United States has intensified its support for West Africa’s public health sector by training emergency operations staff to better prepare for and respond to disease outbreaks. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), in partnership with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), recently concluded the first Regional Public Health Emergency…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government for the BRICS economic bloc, with a focus on health, climate change, and artificial intelligence governance. In a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, it was…
The Federal University of Lafia has called for greater collaboration between traditional healers and modern health practitioners to strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare system. At its second webinar series organised by the Centre for Cultural Studies on Wednesday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, scholars and experts emphasised the need to scientifically validate indigenous medicinal practices for safety and…
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has expressed displeasure over the troubling return of counterfeit and substandard medications in the country, cautioning that Nigeria may be heading back to the hazardous period of the late 1990s when counterfeit drugs were widespread. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Association ahead of its…
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has revealed that Nigeria is banking on its cassava sector to drive industrial growth and save the nation over N3 trillion annually in fuel and ethanol imports. At the inaugural World Cassava Day 2025, held on Thursday at the State House Banquet Hall, Shettima described cassava as “not just a crop…
The Nigeria National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert warning of counterfeit supplies of Herceptin® (trastuzumab) circulating in Ghana and possibly Nigeria, raising fresh concerns for breast cancer patients who rely on the drug for life-saving treatment. In its Public Alert No. 22/2025, NAFDAC revealed that a…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Suriname malaria-free, making it the first country in the Amazon region to achieve this milestone after nearly seven decades of sustained public health interventions. In a statement on Tuesday, WHO described the certification as a powerful example for other malaria-endemic nations striving for elimination. Suriname, located in northern…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced plans to stage a mass protest in Abuja on Wednesday, 2 July, over the prolonged closure of public primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The protest, which will see students donning black in symbolic mourning for what they described as the “death of basic…
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