Beyond codeine and tramadol, Nigeria has a silently exploding porn epidemic
More Nigerians watch porn than other African countries and its effects are expanding. Why is nothing being done? With the ...
WMD 2018: FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Health Specialists Raise a Glass to Goodness of Milk
On this year's World Milk Day, FrieslandCampina WAMCO hosted an event to advocate the goodness of milk In celebration of ...
$5.2m medical warehouse to meet Nigeria’s needs for public health commodities
USAID, others support Nigeria with central medical storage facility Last week, officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined ...
Pfizer boosts family planning in Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda with $5m grant
In addition to family planning, the grant also supports routine immunization in children... Th e Pfizer Foundation this week announced ...
The grave shortcomings of Nigeria’s Ebola prevention strategy
In their BMJ editorial on airport screening for Ebola, Profs David Mabey and Stefan Flasche, said the adoption of the policy ...
The world may not meet tobacco reduction target, WHO warns
Most people know that using tobacco causes cancer and lung disease but unaware of roles in heart disease and stroke Tobacco ...
Combatting Africa’s disease burden should be a priority
If we hope to avoid another outbreak like Ebola, we need to invest in our health systems. Africa’s weakening health ...
On healthcare and ‘global best practice’: JOHESU vs NMA in focus
It was James Baldwin, a foremost social critic and human rights activist who said; “Not all that is faced can ...
JOHESU to suspend strike action
The call to suspend the strike was in consideration of the plight of health of the well meaning public in ...
Nigeria’s maturing health system- The doctor’s plight
Neither of these hold any wrong ground. Because in our world, while some pour out excess food as waste in ...
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