Health

Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, Executive Chairman National Population Commission (NPC), on Tuesday called for adequate budgetary provisions for Family Planning in...

Abdul Hakim Hakimi, the provincial public health director in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province said a total of 300 people mostly...

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has approved the deduction of three per cent of basic salaries civil servants for the...

Christian Aid (UK) Nigeria, has called on the government at all levels to protect and uphold the rights of women...

Dr Abdulkadir Umar,  the Desk Officer in charge of Rabies at the  Bauchi State Ministry of Agriculture, has expressed concern...

The Nigerian Orthopedics Association (NOA) has advised Nigerians to conduct genotype test before marriage to avoid contracting sickle cell diseases....

The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) has vaccinated no fewer than 200,000 livestock in Nasarawa State. Dr Usman Baba,...

A record wave of COVID-19 infections has sparked further restrictions for the population in China, with the health commission in...

The National Orientation Agency in collaboration with the UNICEF has inaugurated a media and community dialogue to reform the almajiri...

The Executive Chairman, Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Mrs Mimi Adzape-Orubibi, has sponsored the treatment of 2000 patients suffering from...

The Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government, Mr Wasiu Adesina, on Sunday warned residents against open defecation, vowing punishment for anyone caught...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said that the Primary Health Care Leadership Challenge Fund (PHCLCF) is an important mechanism...

A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases with...

World Health Organization (WHO) says 779 million people around the world lack  basic access to safely managed sanitation services. Dr...

The Civil Society Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CISHAN), Oyo State chapter, has pleaded with the state government to fund...

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. (NLNG) has commenced the inauguration of Phase 1 projects in its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support Programme...

The Kwara State Hospital Management Board has donated gadgets worth N100,000 to the Nursing Department of the General Hospital Ilorin,...

Mongolia has imposed a quarantine regime in seven provinces, for an indefinite period due to an outbreak of a highly...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the cumulative case of Lassa fever in the...

By Racheal Abujah, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Radiotherapy (RT), also called Radiation Therapy, is a cancer treatment that uses...