Nigerian startup targets 200,000 pregnancies by 2020
SonoCare, a Nigerian health tech startup has secured funding which it said will propel it to reach 200,000 pregnancies by...
Shorter treatment for lymphatic filariasis is being piloted in Kenya
IDA treatment, a new triple drug therapy with the potential to reduce the time to treat and break transmission of...
Polaris Bank celebrates Nigerian breast cancer survivors
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), among Nigerian women, 1 in 5 is diagnosed annually with breast cancer. The...
WHO launches innovation challenge for unmet health needs in Africa
The first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge is calling for health innovations that could have significant social impact and that address...
Pharmacists are the closest friends to any community – Emeje
Chizomam Emeje strongly believes that pharmacists are the closest friends to any community in Nigeria. According to the pharmacist who...
Health is a right, not a privilege – Pope
WHO's Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, met with His Holiness Pope Francis to discuss ways to ensure that all people...
NHIS crisis has been ethnicised and politicised – Presidency
Nigeria's Presidency has decried the controversies surrounding the crisis at the country's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Following the announcement...
Nigerian government weighs options on cancer-linked plastic bottle component
Nigeria's Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated a Technical Committee (TC) on the use of Bisphenol – A (BPA)...
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak not yet a public health emergency
Based on situation on the ground regarding the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, the meeting of the Emergency Committee convened...
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