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Medical tourism: Nigerians have no reason going abroad for treatment – OAUTH CMD

Apr 25, 2019 849

The Chief Medical Director of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, OAUTH, Ile-Ife, Professor Victor Adetiloye, on Wednesday asserted that there was no reason for any Nigerian to seek medical attention abroad. He boasted that with the level... Read More

World’s first malaria vaccine launched in Malawi

Apr 23, 2019 754

The world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S  pilot programme was launched in Malawi on Tuesday. This makes Malawi the first of three countries in Africa in which the RTS,S vaccine will be made available to children up to two years of... Read More

Water Scarcity Raises Disease Fears In States

Apr 15, 2019 900

The scarcity of potable water is affecting the day-to-day activities of many Nigerians across the country and exposing them to various health hazards, Daily Trust investigations have shown. The Minister of Water Resources Engineer Hussaini Adamu had... Read More

Vagina Overheat: Why Women Must Stop Wearing Tight Cloths - Doctor

Apr 09, 2019 849

A Clinical Microbiologist, Dr Tony Mbume, has advised women to stop wearing tight jeans, synthetic panties and leggings, to prevent vaginal infections. According to him, most Nigerian females wear these synthetic pants, leggings and tight jeans in... Read More

Lassa Fever: One Dies, 32 Suspected Casesrecorded In Gombe.

Apr 05, 2019 419

            Gombe State has recorded 32 new suspected Lassa fever cases, five victims were confirmed with the virus, out of which one person died, an official Ministry of Health said. Dr... Read More

Why men die before women – WHO.

Apr 05, 2019 500

            A World Health Organisation (WHO) report says men are more likely to die earlier than women. The “2019 World Health Statistics” published on the WHO website on Thursday,... Read More

UNTH Records 230 Successful Open-heart Surgeries.

Apr 03, 2019 471

        Chairman, National Cardiothoracic Centre of Excellence, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, Professor Basden Onwubere, has revealed that the centre successfully carried... Read More

NAFDAC alerts Nigerians on fake cholera vaccine.

Apr 02, 2019 548

                The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians and the public, especially healthcare providers, on the... Read More

Chinese Doctor Ling Zhipei Performs Remote Brain Surgery On Patient 3,000km Away.

Mar 19, 2019 1182

     A Chinese doctor, Dr. Ling Zhipei has performed the first ever brain surgery over a 5G mobile network, according to Chinese media. A patient with Parkinson's disease allegedly had an implant put in their brain by a doctor... Read More

South-south Leads In HIV Prevalence, Northwest Lowest.

Mar 15, 2019 1205

     The South-south geopolitical zone has the highest HIV prevalence among adults age 15 to 64 years in the country with 3.1 percent, while the Northwest had the lowest prevalence rate with 0.6 percent. This was disclosed... Read More

DR Congo Ebola Outbreak: Baby survives after being infected at six days old, becomes world's youngest Ebola survivor

Dec 14, 2018 2349

A baby girl who was admitted to an Ebola treatment centre just six days after birth has now recovered from the virus, health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced.The baby is now the world's youngest survivor of what... Read More

Uzbekistan declared a malaria-free country by WHO

Dec 12, 2018 2997

Uzbekistan has been certified a malaria-free country by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, after a long and deadly battle with the disease which has killed nearly 40,000 people in the capital district in the late nineteenth century... Read More

Nine confirmed yellow fever related death in Edo State

Dec 05, 2018 1416

Nine confirmed yellow fever related death have been reported in Edo state following an outbreak of the viral infection, the state government says.Commissioner for Health, Dr. David Osifo, amde this known during a radio interview and disclosed that... Read More

World's first birth with transplanted uterus of a dead donor

Dec 05, 2018 2051

The first baby born from the uterus of a dead donor, following a successful uterus transplant performed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been reported on Wednesday.With the rate of infertility in couples believed to be between 10 to 15 percent, the... Read More

DR Congo Ebola Outbreak: 19 killed in five days, taking death toll to 241

Nov 28, 2018 1625

DR Congo's health ministry have says the Ebola outbreak, which began an August 1, claimed another 19 lives in a space of five days taking the number of people killed by the virus to 241.The ministry said it had recorded a total of 421 cases �... Read More

DR Congo Ebola Outbreak: New daily record as 13 new cases confirmed

Nov 22, 2018 2391

DR Congo's health ministry has confirmed thirteen new cases of Ebola in the northeastern part of the country. This figure represents the highest daily count since the beginning of this latest outbreak in July.A health ministry... Read More

Conjoined twin girls successfully separated at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, Australia

Nov 09, 2018 3469

Conjoined Bhutanese twins have been successfully separated at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, in Australia after a six hour operation.The 15-month-old twin girls, Nima and Dawa, joined at the torso and sharing a liver, were brought to... Read More

New study finds pregnancy gap of at least a year ideal

Oct 30, 2018 1600

A new study by University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public, says women do not have to wait for an interval of 18 to 24 months between giving birth and getting pregnant, the ideal recommended guidelines by the... Read More