Category : Health

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Adamawa Command, has said that it has commenced intensive surveillance on major routes along the Nigeria-Cameroon border so...

This year’s World Kidney Day, experts have raised alarm over rising incidences of kidney disease among Nigerians, saying, “each year, 17,000 new cases of kidney...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Hope has been rekindled for 17 couples challenged by infertility as they emerged winners during the first round of draws for...

By Carol Natukunda   UGANDA’S maternal deaths have been reducing at an annual rate of 3.2 % in the last two decades, a newly released...

The professional training was the main issue of the speech given today by the organizing secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Surina Acosta,...

More than 800,000 children in South Sudan marked on Thursday the annual World Handwashing Day by washing their hands with soap and clean water in...

With the death of a 36-year-old due to Dengue fever, the disease’s death toll for the year reached five, while the number of patients to...

Johnson & Johnson has begun clinical trials for an Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone. The vaccine regimen is part of a new study being conducted...

Kenyans will soon benefit from cheaper drugs to treat chronic diseases after a pharmaceutical company announced it would launch its products next month. The portfolio...

Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, the World Health Organisation says. The World Health Organisation says polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. Only...

Five Methods:Staying Hydrated.Consuming Soothing .FoodUsing Humidity to Your Advantage.Using Medication.Treating the Underlying Problem There are very few things more annoying than a persistent dry cough....

WHO team organizing intensive response to the new Ebola case reported in Kambia, Sierra Leone. Photo: WHO/S. Gborie The detection of a new case of...

Health officials in Sierra Leone on Sunday confirmed a new death from the Ebola virus, less than a week after the last known Ebola patient...

By Asong Sylvester and Nkeze Linda Public health practitioners in the Southwest Region have promised to improve the quality of health services despite the many...

This report is contributed by Daniel Konstantinovic of Aid to the Church in Need. The Ebola epidemic may be largely contained, but the suffering it caused continues....

Most state-run hospitals have been empty since the strike began Ghana is planning to recruit 177 doctors from Cuba to work at state-run hospitals hit...

 Nearly 2,000 people are currently being actively monitored in Sierra Leone and Guinea CHARLIE COOPER  A matter of months ago, Dr Marc Forget’s job, at...

The medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has expressed concerns over the significant rise in cases of malaria in South Sudan’s Unity state over the...

The Ebola vaccine is administered to a participant in the trial in Guinea. Photo: WHO/S. Hawke Having achieved its “core objective” of scaling up global...

Over 500 people were placed under quarantine in Sierra Leone’s northern district of Tonkolili following an Ebola case confirmed there over the weekend, an official...