Health Reporters

By Asmau Ahmad A medical researcher, Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, on Wednesday advised health workers and members of the public to work toward interruption of malaria transmission in the country. Iwalokun, who works with the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), ...

By Asmau Ahmad The Commissioner for Health in Rivers, Dr Sampson Parker, on Wednesday said that cholera outbreak in 11 communities in the State had claimed 20 lives.Parker told newsmen in Port Harcourt after visiting the affected communities in Andoni ...

By Ndidi Chukwu The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said recent images of children massacred in Northern Nigeria should sear the conscience of the world. In a press statement made available to media, by Geoffrey Njoku UNICEF’s media and communication ...

Year 2015 for Nigeria’s Health Sector will see new ways of implementing programmes, with the Health Bill now an Act, and possible exit from the list of polio endemic countries, with dwindling oil prices, there are fears for health care ...

By Asmau Ahmad with Agency Report Dr Kenneth Iregbu, a consultant clinical microbiologist in the National Hospital Abuja, has said that timely diagnosis and management of sepsis remained key to reducing deaths caused by the disease. Iregbu disclosed this in ...

By Asmau Ahmad with Agency Report The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday that 401 drug traffickers were arrested last year in Akwa Ibom. Speaking with newsmen in Uyo, the state NDLEA commander, Mrs Josephine Obi, said ...

By Asmau Ahmad with Agency Report The Kogi command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested five persons, including a 45-year-old woman, for allegedly being in possession of weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa. Commander of the ...

By Asmau Ahmad with Agency Report The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted that the central states would experience moderate dust haze conditions with visibility range of less than or equal to hundred meters on Tuesday. This is contained in ...

By Asmau Ahmad with NAN Report Mr Olisa Metuh, PDP National Publicity Secretary says the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan has repositioned the health sector to cater to the health needs and wellbeing of Nigerians. He made the remark on ...

By Asmau Ahmad with Agency Report The first large-scale Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa are expected to start in Liberia as early as late January, a senior official at the World Health Organisation (WHO) official said Friday. No less ...