Health Matters

A surging mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent’s health agency on Tuesday, is being driven by a new, more transmissible strain of the virus.The…
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THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says a total of 39 confirmed cases and zero deaths from mpox have been recorded across 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory.…
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THE  Federal Government has approved a new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration.Disclosing this on Monday through a post on X, the Minister of Health, Ali Pate, reaffirmed…
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THE Chief Executive Officer of Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, Dr Sania Nishtar has disclosed that cholera vaccines would arrive in Nigeria soon.Nishtar who announced this on her X handle…
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The Cholera outbreak in Nigeria has claimed at least 103 lives, while over 3,000 suspected cases have been recorded.The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
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Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years, it remained…
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THE National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised an alarm over a falsified batch of Giga-S Injection identified in Aba, Abia State.The falsified…
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THE State Government says the strain of cholera in the state is highly aggressive and contagious.In a post on his X handle on Monday, the Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi,…
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A University of Ilorin professor of Anatomy, Gabriel Omotoso, has identified tobacco smoking as a leading reason for preventable death and disease worldwide, saying that it “causes more…
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Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 40 per cent of deaths in Europe, the WHO said on Wednesday, urging Europeans to cut their salt intake.That amounts to 10,000 deaths a day,…
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