Nigeria: Program launched in Oyo state to expand HIV treatment coverage among children and pregnant women
The United States Government, through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), launched the Accelerating Progress in...
New study shows Nigerians are turning elsewhere for diabetes education
New research from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reveals that only 47% of people living with diabetes in Nigeria find...
Senegal’s Institut Pasteur confirms Ghana’s suspected Marburg disease outbreak
The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory, has confirmed Ghana's first outbreak of...
Ghana prepares for Marburg disease outbreak
The government of West African state of Ghana has announced it is swiftly setting up preparations for a possible outbreak...
DR Congo’s 14th Ebola outbreak is over
The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months...
Restrictive abortion laws put Nigerian women in danger
Friday Okonofua, University of Benin The word “abortion” is used to describe two types of pregnancies that end before 20...
Over $4bn committed to end malaria and neglected tropical diseases by 2030
Global leaders led by African Heads of State have today announced the first in a series of pledges to accelerate...
Hope for people co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its guidelines for the treatment of people co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and...
Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being — WHO
Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, concludes a new WHO policy brief, launched at the Stockholm+50 conference. The...
What we know about the origin of DRC’s latest Ebola outbreak
On April 23, 2022, the Minister of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention announced a new case of Ebola virus disease...
© 2017 HealthNews.NG - Owned by Glumedia Company.