Obi Adigwe, director-general of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, says Nigerians can expect a reduction in medicine prices within the next six to ten months. He gave…
Read More Nigerians can expect drop in drug prices within 10 months, says NIPRD
The North is currently facing an alarming malnutrition crisis, Doctors Without Borders says. In Katsina State for example, the Médecins Sans Frontières said its teams were seeing an “ever-increasing number…
Read More Numbers of malnourished children rising in northern Nigeria – MSF
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has said Nigeria records approximately 127,000 cancer cases annually, resulting in about 80,000 deaths. Mr Pate made the disclosure…
Read More Nigeria records 127,000 cancer cases yearly, says health minister
Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at the University College London, says there will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now. Mr Abubakar said…
Read More Expert warns of another global pandemic
On July 2, the Nigerian Medical Association issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its demands to avert industrial action in the health sector. In this interview…
Read More NMA says nationwide shutdown of health sector imminent