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The global alliance for diagnostics, together with the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Monday,announced an award of nearly US$6.8 million

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the use of the drug — Weight Rapid Loss Capsule. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye,conveyed

Omobolanle Shosanya Stakeholders in the civil society space have implored Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State to prosecute gender-based violence and female genital mutilation offenders in order to serve as deterrents to

National Agency for Food and Drug, Administration and Control (NAFDAC) officials have cracked down on warehouses in Lagos that contained unregistered sardines, cooking spices, and tomato pastes worth millions of Naira. Dr

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through the Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS) has hinted that people living with HIV (PLHIV) in FCT are 55,744, while 2,806 pregnant women are living

A medical doctor now treats 6,400 patients in most public hospitals on Nigeria,Dr. Teslim Onigbinde, an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Rehabilitation at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,has said He spoke at the second

The President, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Prof. Taiwo Obindo, has said the country currently have a ratio of one qualified psychiatric doctor to about a million Nigerians. He spoke on the

Origene Fertility, a fertility clinic,has reiterated its commitment to supporting couples on the journey to parenthood, while encouraging them to remain unfazed in their desire to have children. The clinic gave the

No fewer than 700,000 people commit suicide annually all over the world,the World Health Organization,has said. It said 77% of all global suicides occurring in low-and-middle-income countries,adding that for every suicide, there

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture partners have donated fully-equipped mini-intensive care ambulances and solar-powered vaccine freezers to some SPDC-JV-supported health facilities in Bayelsa, Rivers and