Viral hepatitis is a major global health issue affecting nearly 400 million people worldwide. In observance of World Hepatitis Day, July 28, learn more about three common types of viral hepatitis: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
Expert advocates citizen-focused new health system for Nigeria
Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe has called for a new health system that is tailored to the needs of the ordinary man in the street
Why Nigerians defecate publicly
Special report on why improved public awareness is not enough to reduce public defecation in Nigeria
First aid tips to save accident victims
The first few minutes of a medical emergency are always critical, but nearly two thirds of us admit we wouldn’t know what to do
Study identifies risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria
A new study has identified risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria using the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey
Doctors call for Lassa fever treatment centers in south east Nigeria
The South East zonal caucus of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has enjoined the Nigerian government to establish health centres and facilities where Lassa fever patients could be treated and managed
Viral hepatitis is a major global health issue - CDC
Viral hepatitis is a major global health issue affecting nearly 400 million people worldwide. In observance of World Hepatitis Day, July 28, learn more about three common types of viral hepatitis: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
Lassa fever kills 25 in southern Nigeria, 17 health workers infected
At least 25 people have of Lassa fever in Ebonyi state in southern Nigeria. According to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Ebonyi State chapter,eight doctors, four nurses and five other health workers may have also contracted the disease.
Lassa fever kills one, 5 critically ill in Plateau state
Plateau state ministry of health has confirmed that one person has died while five others are critically ill and are receiving intensive medical treatment as a result of Lassa fever
outbreak in Plateau state in Nigeria.
Ghana investigating first suspected case of Ebola virus disease
No Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria - Maku
Prevention and control of Ebola virus disease
Nigerian government yesterday raised red alert on the Ebola virus disease outbreak that has been reported in several countries in the West African sub-region. While the alert stated that there has not been any reported case of the disease in Nigeria, it is necessary that you become informed on how to prevent and control the disease.
Virus or stigma: what kills faster?
By Chibuike Alagboso
I will never forget the look on her
face as she collected her HIV screening result from me. She kept staring at it
and I am sure she was very oblivious of my existence at that particular moment
or even the existence of any other thing in the world that moment.
CDC raises awareness over mosquito-borne viral disease
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued warning for the French Caribbean dependency of St. Martin over the locally spreading mosquito-borne viral disease.
Nigeria Responsible For All New Cases Of Polio In Africa - Health Ministry
"So far, 14 confirmed polio cases were reported in 2013 and Nigeria now contributes up to
100% of polio burden in AFRO," the health ministry stated in the report.
Health experts told HealthNewsNg that the latest report may not be unconnected with the incessant disruption in the nation's immunization programmes.
While polio has been eradicated in most parts of the world including several developing nations in Africa, Nigeria is still a strong reservoir of the viral infection that is preventable by early vaccination.
Despite massive vaccination initiatives of the federal ministry of health and its partners, such efforts had met stiff opposition in several parts of the nation especially in the northern region where illiteracy and religious indoctrination had led to the rejection of the polio vaccine and other vaccination programmes
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