Half of all sex workers in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Malawi are living with HIV
UNAIDS calls attention to increasing prevalence of HIV among Africa's sex workers According to UNAIDS Data 2018, the prevalence of ...
Nigeria’s little progress in HIV is slowing down West and Central Africa
2 out of 3 Nigerians living with HIV are not receiving treatment No thanks to Nigeria's poor performance, West and ...
An American startup could soon be in charge of medical records in Nigeria
Nigeria's health ministry could be contracting a tech company whose only edge is that it is from 'America'. Alvin Ridgle, ...
Event Report: Family Planning is a Human Right – World Population Day 2018
Nigeria, being the most populous country in Africa joined in celebrating the 2018 World Wopulation Day. The whole world celebrated ...
3 million Nigerians facing critical food and nutrition insecurity
According to the United Nations, Nigeria needs $42m to avert nutrition crisis in north-eastern Nigeria The United Nations office for ...
To tackle drug resistant bacteria, scientists turn to the world’s strongest material
These scientists believe the world's strongest material is the best weapon to defeat antimicrobial resistant bacteria In 2016 alone, 490,000 ...
Suicide kills more Nigerians than hepatitis and kidney disease
For 26 years, suicide has been on a meteoric rise in Nigeria which is reluctant to review criminalizing law On ...
FACT CHECK: Can tear gas or slap lead to neck injury?
Politics and medicine crossed paths when slap/tear gas led to neck injury in Ekiti. But how true is this claim? ...
Family planning is not a priority for Nigerian government in 2018
Nigerian officials speak a lot about population control but 2018 budget shows family planning is not a priority On July ...
Connecting a country’s population size to quality of healthcare – an Op-Ed
Nigeria joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Population Day 2018. How does population affect healthcare? There is ...
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