The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the interception of fake drugs worth over N15 million in Zaria. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Muktar Aliyu, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. He said the Police Area Command in Zaria had intercepted the fake drugs after a tip-off […]
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A Clinical Mentor, Dr Mustapha Bature of Kebbi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, has warned that consumption of fruits such as mango, banana, pawpaw and plantain, artificially ripened by Calcium Carbide can cause cancer. Bature made this known in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According to Wikipedia, Calcium carbide is a […]
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Nigeria had the second largest HIV epidemic in 2016, with over 196,000 adolescents representing 10 per cent of the global burden said to be living with HIV/AIDS, according to a World Health Report. The report was given by Mrs Esther Samuel, The Chief Matron, Lagos State Ministry of Health, at a programme by a Non-governmental […]
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The Kogi State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, says it has extended to December 31, the two-week ultimatum it gave to the state government to meet its demands or face strike. Dr Godwin Tijani, state Chairman of the chapter, revealed on Sunday in Lokoja. He said that the extension of the date was […]
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A Former Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that Nigeria about is losing N175 billion annually to medical tourism. Chukwu made the claim at opening ceremony of the 2017 Faculty of Clinical Sciences 10th Faculty Week & Scientific Conference, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Tuesday, with theme: “Medical Tourism in Nigeria”. He said […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, on Monday said about 250,000 cases of cancer are recorded yearly in the country. The minister, in a bid to curb the menace disclosed that there will be a nationwide free screening of common cancers particularly; cancer of the cervix, breast and prostate. He said this at […]
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Friday in Abuja said 10,000 people die annually due to agony and lack of basic equipment for treatment of cancer. Adewole said this at the inauguration of the National Hospital’s Radiotherapy Centre with new Multilleave Lenear Accelerator for cancer treatment. He attributed the number of deaths to […]
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The Executive Director of Nasarawa State Aids Control Agency (NASACA), Zakari Umar, said 54 babies delivered between January and September in the state tested positive to HIV. Mr. Umar made this known on Thursday in Lafia, the state capital in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said out of the 1,194 […]
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A report released today in Geneva says Nigeria, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo DRC have seen the largest increases in malaria cases, jeopardizing the gains recorded since 2000. The Roll Back Malaria Partnership, which released the report, said unprecedented global progress in fighting malaria since 18 years ago is at stake unless countries redouble […]
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ECOWAS is set to increase excise duties on tobacco and other unhealthy products to increase revenue and reduce consumption of such products in the sub-region. The decision was part of the aims of the meeting of ECOWAS Financial Council of Ministers in Abuja on Friday. An excise duty is a type of tax charged on […]
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