The Governor of the East Region, Grégoire Mvongo has burned more than 20MFCFA worth of smuggled medicines in Bertoua.These drugs were burnt on October 12, 2023 at the Hysacam landfill in Bertoua as Cameroon joined the African community to commemorate t…

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated three policy documents to improve vision and eye health in the country.The inauguration was with support from Sightsavers Nigeria and other partners as part of activities to commemorate the 2023 W…

Dr Faisal Shu’aib, Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says over 80 per centof children who died of diptheria or admitted in hospitals never received routine childhood immunisations.The NPHCDA boss said this a…

WHO Representative to Nigeria, Walter Kazadi, has stressed the importance of the media in advancing understanding of mental health and substance disorders.He said this during a two-day training for journalists on mental health in Abuja on Monday.The N…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has listed Zamfara, Cross River, Adamawa and Ogun as states with the highest cholera cases in the country.NCDC’s Incident Manager, Cholera Technical Working Group, Dr Sebastian Yennan, said …

A 20-year-old man is now in police custody after biting and eating the flesh of a 1-year-old baby in Mbouda, West Region.The incident happened over the weekend in Ntouo, a neighborhood in Bamessingue village in Mbouda subdivision of the West Region.The…

The International Community of Red Cross(ICRC) has provided 10,000 mental health and psychosocial support services to 10,000 traumatized victims in Borno in eight years.Ms Comfort Dauda, The ICRC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Field Officer, ma…

The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), says it is partnering with 3DATX Africa, a US based organisation on vehicular emission testing.Dr Yakubu Baba, Registrar of EHCON stated this at a media dialogue on de-carbonisation control measure o…