Public health experts and anti-substance abuse campaigners have raised concern over the rising rate of drug abuse as the world celebrates International Day Against Drug Abuse...
Dr. Tunde Ojo, a Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, FCT, has called on relevant stakeholders to address mental illness as a public health...
The Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed concern over the COVID-19’s delta variant, which he called “the most transmissible” mutation to date. Ghebreyesus...
Stakeholders from Ekiti State led by Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti Oba Adeola Adeniyi Ajakaiye stormed the National Assembly on Thursday to identify with the move by the...
The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) has called for action by States of the federation to end all forms of Gender Based Violence...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says one in every 100 dies by their own hand, noting that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide....
Dr. Patrick Obinna, an hematologist, based in Abuja, has suggested that Nigerians with Sickle Cell Disease(SCD), who are below 16 years old, should be eligible for...
The World Health Organisation has revealed that no fewer than 146,000 Africans die annually from tobacco-related diseases. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa,...
Nigeria is about to receive additional 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine latest in early August. This was disclosed by Dr Faisal Shuaib in Abuja,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the health of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide is at risk from the illegal processing of old electrical or...