NAFDAC Vows Sanctions Over Calcium Carbide Fruit Ripening and Bad Cans
AWKA, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s food and drug regulator has warned that it will sanction traders involved in calcium carbide fruit ripening and vendors […]
Abuja IDP Camp Women Report Childbirth Deaths, Plead for a Hospital
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Women at the Wassa camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Federal Capital Territory have appealed for a […]
WHO Says Three in Four Africans With Diabetes Do Not Know It
BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO — Nearly three in four adults with diabetes in Africa do not know they have the condition, the World […]
Most South African Water Authorities Fail Drinking Water or Sewage Standards
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — More than half of South Africa’s water services authorities were rated bad or poor for municipal drinking […]
Northern Cape Loses Only State Child Cancer Specialist to Private Sector
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA — Northern Cape cancer care has been weakened by the departure of the province’s only public-sector paediatric oncologist, who […]
Kenya Calls Saudi Ebola Travel Ban Punitive, Asks Riyadh to Lift It
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya has asked Saudi Arabia to lift a Saudi Ebola travel ban that suspends travel to and from the […]
Ghana Says It Has Contained Yellow Fever Outbreak After Four Cases
ACCRA, GHANA — The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has contained a Ghana yellow fever outbreak that ran from September […]
NNPC Foundation Expands Free Cancer Screening and Treatment Support
ABUJA, NIGERIA — The NNPC Foundation cancer screening programme has expanded from a few hundred people to thousands across Nigeria, alongside donations […]
HMOs Dispute Lagos Claim of Industry Backing for New Private Health Plan
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Health maintenance organisations (HMOs) have disputed the Lagos State government’s claim that 21 of them endorsed the newly launched […]
Reliance on Imported Drug Ingredients Threatens Nigeria’s Medicine Security, Stakeholders Warn
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s heavy dependence on imported raw materials for medicines threatens its medicine security, government officials and development partners […]
Nigeria’s Under-Five Deaths Fall 17 Per Cent but Newborn Deaths Rise
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s under-five mortality rate fell by about 17 per cent between 2018 and 2024, but neonatal deaths in Nigeria […]
Pilot and Wife Test Negative in Adamawa Ebola Scare, NCDC Says
YOLA, NIGERIA — The Adamawa suspected Ebola cases, a 34-year-old pilot and his wife, a medical doctor, have tested negative for the […]