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WHO Declares Uzbekistan Malaria-Free

The World Health Organisation, WHO says Uzbekistan’s success in becoming recognised as a malaria-free country is an “extraordinary outcome”. Peter Sands, the executive director of...

360,000 Adolescents Could Die Of AIDS By 2030, UNICEF Report Says

Over 360,000 adolescents are expected to die of AIDS by 2030 if investment in HIV prevention is not ramped up, according to a UNICEF...

’70 Percent Of Nigerians On HIV Medication Are Females’ – NACA

Some seven hundred and forty-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three females are among the 1,090,233 people on Anti-Retroviral, ARV, treatment in Nigeria by June, National...

Women Who Have Regular Sex Less Likely To Suffer Depression, Expert Says

Maymunah Kadiri, a psychiatrist, on Saturday, November 17, 2018, advised married women to have regular sex with their spouses in order to prevent depression and...

’20 To 30 Percent Of Nigerians Are Suffering Mental Disorders’ – FG

The Federal Government has said an estimated 40 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorders. Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, the permanent secretary, federal...

Mimiko, Google, Atiku Celebrate Stella Adadevoh’s 62nd Posthumous Birthday

Saturday, October 27 would have been the 62nd birthday of Stella Adadevoh, the medical doctor who literarily gave her life to save Nigeria from...

Global Fund Gives Nigeria $660 Million To Fight HIV, TB, Malaria

The Global Fund, an international financing organisation, has announced an additional humanitarian grant of $660 million  to tackle HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria epidemic in...

Global Community Renews Commitment To Universal Primary Health Care

Countries around the globe on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 signed the Declaration of Astana, vowing to strengthen their primary health care systems as an...

‘Abortion Figures In Nigeria Rise To 2.7 Million From 1.8 Million’

Suzanne Bell, a public health scientist, on Thursday, September 20, 2018, said the abortion rate by women of reproductive age in Nigeria has risen between...

‘85% Of Lunatics In NIgeria Are Youth Drug Abusers’ – Medical Don

Aliyu Abubakar of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, Zaria, has said that the youths account for about 85 per cent of lunatics people...

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