Health Sector

AstraZeneca: 8,439 Nigerians experience mild, adverse effects after vaccination ―

*No death, blood clot recorded so far, it clarifies *As WHO says it’s engaging G7,
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124,817 pregnant women infected with HIV/AIDS in Ondo

“In Nigeria alone, about 1.9 million people are currently living with HIV, with more than
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Nigeria utilises over 1.1m doses of COVID-19 vaccines received, says

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency said out of the 4.4 million doses of
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NCDC reports zero COVID-19-related death in nine days

The Nigerian Center for Disease Control reported zero COVID-19-related death for the ninth consecutive days
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Simple genetic modification aims to stop mosquitoes spreading malaria

Altering a mosquito’s gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation
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Honourable Tanko Sununu Advocates for an Advisory body for Nigeria’s

The current and future dingy outlook of the medical profession in Nigeria resulting from challenges
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Medical Women’s International Association and PACFAH@Scale Discuss Family Planning Funding

Family planning (FP) is central plan to any national human capital developmental strategy. All available
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Minister: Nigerian government to launch national emergency medical service, ambulance

The federal government, Tuesday, said it was poised to launch what it called the “National
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Group decries gross underfunding of maternal healthcare in Kano

Worried by cases of maternal mortality recorded in the country, the Executive Director, Resource Centre
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Animals cause over 70% of emerging infectious diseases in humans

The World Health Organisation on Tuesday called for a halt to the sale of live
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