Health

Cape Verde has become the third African nation to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people on the continent, the World Health Organization said Friday. The Atlantic archipelago of about 500,000 inhabitants follows Mauritius in 1973 and Algeria in 2019. Worldwide...

By Augustine Aminu The House of Representatives on Thursday moved to subsidized malaria drugs for Nigeria, if not made free at all Government Health Centers to citizens. This is even as the alarming rate of Malaria infections in the country increases, lamenting that declaring emergency on Malaria will not be...

A lecturer with the Mass Communication Department of the Rivers State University, Prof Godwin Okon, has stated that to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women and girl child, there will be need for urgent implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-5). The Sustainable Development Goal 5 concerns gender equality...

By Eric Ojo Leading healthcare authorities and industry experts have reiterated the need to strengthen pharmaceutical regulations and compliance in Africa. The observation was made that this year’s edition of AfriSummit, a pivotal 4-day hybrid event dedicated to exploring the latest developments in pharmaceutical and medical device regulations’ advancements in...

By Fatima Saka Following the recent outbreak of Anthrax on livestock, an expert urged Nigerians to watch out for symptoms and signs, saying that animals that died of anthrax disease will show signs of blood coming out of the eyes, nose, ears, and other natural openings in the body of...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday unveiled the Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) to successfully identify and reach the millions of children who have not yet received a single routine immunisation. At the launch in Abuja, the Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said that...