Health

Nigeria – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that about 2.9 million children in Nigeria are suffering from Acute Severe Malnutrition (SAM). The UNICEF Country Representative, Mrs Cristian Munduate, who said this yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, noted that the affected children must be immediately taken to the Hospital for […]

Bauchi, Nigeria — The latest figures from the 2023/2024 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) reveal a troubling child mortality rate in Bauchi State, where 125 out of every 1,000 live births result in death before age five. The statistics place Bauchi well above the national under-five mortality average of 101 per 1,000 and reflect closely […]

Rivers State – The Chief Medical Director of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), Prof Chizindu Alikor, has decried that there is high cases of people living with hypertension disease in the state. Prof Alikor, who spoke at an event to mark the World Hypertension Day organised by RSUTH in conjunction with the Rivers […]

Abuja, Nigeria— The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 717 cases of Lassa fever and 138 associated deaths across 18 states, as of epidemiological week 18 of 2025.   The figures were released in the agency’s latest Lassa fever situation report published Wednesday, revealing a case fatality rate (CFR) of 19.2 […]

Abuja, Nigeria — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has cautioned healthcare workers and institutions against the misuse of gloves, warning that they could become tools of contamination rather than protection. Dr Tochi Okwor, the Head of Disease Prevention and Control at the NCDC, said this in an interview with the News Agency […]

  Abuja , Nigeria– The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reiterated the pivotal role of hand hygiene in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and curbing the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This was emphasized during an event marking the 2025 World Hand Hygiene Day, held at Maitama District Hospital in Abuja. Dr. […]

Abuja, Nigeria — The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has deployed 1,152 teams across the 62 Wards of its six Area Councils to aggressively immunize children under five against the Polio virus. While the teams will embark on house-to-house visits and visits to churches, mosques and other special places, the administration also deployed 154 Fixed […]