By 2050, over 40% of the world’s extremely poor people will live in Nigeria and DR Congo
New report puts poverty in Nigeria into futuristic perspective A new report released today by the Bill and Melinda...
Child mortality continues to reduce in Nigeria
Latest child mortality mortality showed a promising trend in Nigeria although countries with highest mortality among children aged 5-14 are concentrated...
The Public Hospital factor threatening quality healthcare across Nigeria
As Nigerian government dispute a critical report, citizens' harrowing experience paint a scary picture of public hospitals across Nigeria that...
Nigeria’s booming abortion black market
The price of abortion in Nigeria ranges from N250 to a woman's life. Although they are officially sold in Nigeria...
Cholera-hit Algeria leads Africa in sanitation and hygiene
Even though it is struggling to control a cholera outbreak, a new UNICEF/WHO report showed Algeria leads Africa in drinking...
The dangerous meteoric rise of artificial fruit ripening in Nigeria
Fruits are widely ripened with chemicals in Nigeria but the sellers do not know how dangerous this act is to...
Kofi Annan’s biggest achievement in healthcare
“It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but...
Nigerian government’s false and misleading claims on exclusive breastfeeding
In an attempt to drum support for exclusive breastfeeding, Nigerian health ministry top official made false and misleading claims On...
rVSV-ZEBOV: What you need to know about the Ebola vaccine being deployed in DR Congo
The Ebola vaccine was developed in Canada and is still experimental Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus–Zaire Ebola virus (rVSV-ZEBOV) is an...
One dead as Lassa fever returns to Nigeria
Government calls for caution as Lassa fever claims one life in EnuguThere is a new outbreak of Lassa fever in...
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