Polio Eradication: Fears, anxiety as steps to certify Nigeria polio free begin
Fred Ezeh, Abuja Steps to certify Nigeria polio free by the World Health Organization (WHO) has commenced, with the arrival ...
Tag: disease
Malnutrition on the prowl
Olumide Osanyinpeju, a UNICEF consultant, said that the prevalence of malnutrition in the North East is a sharp contrast to ...
Building support systems for people living with HIV
Support systems are relied on when things aren’t going well or when one is not feeling too great. We all ...
Scientists step up action to track deadly Marburg virus
Because there is a close relationship between Marburg and Ebola, the scientists are also hopeful that progress on one virus ...
Taming the malaria scourge
It is worrisome that in spite of the coordinated global efforts to curtail its spread, malaria has remained endemic in ...
415 million people living with diabetes globally – Diabetes Association
More than 14 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa had diabetes in 2015, a number that is projected to double by ...
Halting the cholera spread
The recent outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country, some weeks after the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control ...
Taming the TB scourge
The recent report that Nigeria has the second highest incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Africa and 7th among the 30 ...
Rainfall, poor hygiene, increase disease level in Borno – MSF
“Since September 1, MSF has admitted 183 children into the Intensive Care Unit and in the last week has been ...
Combating cancer
“Our vision is to reduce the mortality rate of breast cancer in Nigeria by offering adequate information and service to ...
