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SCI, LASG Launch Immunisation Drive In Lagos

SCI, LASG Launch Immunisation Drive In Lagos

In a bid to curb vaccine-preventable diseases among newborns and children, Save the Children International (SCI) has partnered with the Lagos State Accountability Mechanism (LASAM) for Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition to launch…

Oyo Gov’t Reopens Psychiatric Unit At State Hospital

Oyo Gov’t Reopens Psychiatric Unit At State Hospital

The Oyo State government has officially reopened the psychiatric unit of the Ring Road State Hospital, Adeoyo, after months of closure. Speaking on Friday, Akin Fagbemi, Chairman of the Oyo State Hospitals’ Management Board, said…

OOUTH Commends IHS Nigeria, UNICEF For Lifesaving Oxygen Plant Donation

OOUTH Commends IHS Nigeria, UNICEF For Lifesaving Oxygen Plant Donation

The management of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, has commended IHS Nigeria and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the donation of a state-of-the-art oxygen plant. The teaching hospital described the donation…

Remi Tinubu Rallies Monarchs To Combat FGM, HIV/AIDS, Others

Remi Tinubu Rallies Monarchs To Combat FGM, HIV/AIDS, Others

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on traditional rulers in Ondo State to support her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) in combating female genital mutilation (FGM), Hepatitis B, and other health challenges affecting women…

NIMR Director Of Research Frowns At Lack Of Attention, Funding For H.pylori

NIMR Director Of Research Frowns At Lack Of Attention, Funding For H.pylori

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos, has frowned over poor funding and lack of proper attention to prevention, diagnosis and the treatment of Helicobacter Pylori in the country. Though helicobacter pylori, one…

Avon Medical: Making World-class Care Affordable, Accessible

Avon Medical: Making World-class Care Affordable, Accessible

…as Sanwo-Olu, Health Ministry hail facility as model for Nigeria’s healthcare transformation A new milestone was recorded in Nigeria’s healthcare sector on Monday with the commissioning of a 50-bed state-of-the-art specialty hospital by Avon Medical,…

Breastfeeding, Fortification: Key Strategies To Combat Malnutrition

Breastfeeding, Fortification: Key Strategies To Combat Malnutrition

Against the background of rising malnutrition in Nigeria, experts have emphasised the importance of breastfeeding and food fortification as critical tools in the fight against malnutrition. Though the economy has put a strain on household…

John Hopkins Advocates For More Funding, Community Involvement To Fight Malaria

John Hopkins Advocates For More Funding, Community Involvement To Fight Malaria

The Director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jane Carlton has said that collaboration was key to winning the war against malaria. Carlton disclosed this…

Lassa Fever Claims 127 Lives As NCDC Warns Against Poor Sanitation, Others

Lassa Fever Claims 127 Lives As NCDC Warns Against Poor Sanitation, Others

No fewer than 127 persons have lost their lives to Lassa fever in 2025, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), as of the end of the 14th epidemiological…

Bayelsa Govt Promises Partnership With NDU, NNMDA On Trado-Medical Production

Bayelsa Govt Promises Partnership With NDU, NNMDA On Trado-Medical Production

The Bayelsa State Government has pledged to partner with the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) in the production of herbal medicine. The State also expressed readiness to support any research activity in its tertiary…