Nigeria announces second confirmed case of COVID-19 coronavirus disease
The Nigerian government through the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) today announced it has confirmed a second case of...
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Friday, November 15, 2024
Confirmed cases of coronavirus disease have surpassed 100,000
On March 7, the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 100,000. In a statement, the World Health...
Read moreNigeria’s first case of coronavirus disease confirmed in Lagos
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State, Nigeria. The case, which was...
Read moreHow novel coronavirus became a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom, has declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)...
Read moreA breakdown of Nigeria’s 2020 budget for health
As 2020 gets underway, we take a closer look at what Nigeria wants to spend on health as contained in...
Read moreWe can now know who is more likely to commit suicide
An international team of researchers has identified key networks within the brain which they say interact to increase the risk...
Read moreThe link between poverty and fertility
In the 1950's the average woman had five children, since then the number has halved globally - but not in...
Read moreOdds stacked against Ebola’s newest drugs
The effectiveness of Ebola’s latest preferred drugs hinges on a number of factors that are beyond the control of the...
Read moreNon-communicable diseases account for 3 in 10 deaths in Nigeria
According to the 2018 WHO country profile, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for an estimated 29% of all deaths in Nigeria...
Read moreWebsite of Nigeria’s health insurance scheme has been down for weeks
For at least five weeks, the website of Nigeria's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been down, healthnews.ng can exclusively...
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