Category: Medical

The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) plans to collaborate with Medic West Africa to launch Medlab West Africa to unlock the potential of West Africa’s thriving healthcare sector.Mrs Fidelia Ginikanwa, Head Corporate Affairs, Public…

An Umuahia-based medical facility, Eleos Specialist Hospital, has successfully done 20 Bipolar Enucleation of the prostate between March and August 2023.Dr Paul Ngwu, a Consultant Urologist and Laparoscopic Surgeon at the hospital, made this known in …

President, Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation of Nigeria (ABBFN), Soye Elekima has called on Nigerians to engage more in physical fitness training to prevent cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases.Elekima stated this on Monday …

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus on Wednesday commended Namibia on its reduction of the prevalence of conditions such as Malaria, HIV/Aids and mother-to-child transmission of HIV.During a courtesy visit to State Hous…

Seychelles’ health ministry is launching a new population-based survey on cardiovascular diseases and other non-communicable diseases to assess the distribution of health behaviours, diet and main risk factors in the whole population.The survey, which…

The Heritage Advancement Forum (HAF) has offered free medical outreach to over 350 residents of Idi-Araba community in Lagos State.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the medical outreach was organised by the forum on Saturday in Lagos.Mr Aar…

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) is monitoring the new COVID-19 variant, ‘Eris’ reportedly found in 50 countries, including neighbouring South Africa, as of 08 August 2023.In an interview with Nampa on Thursday, MoHSS Executive Direct…

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has said it remains committed to ensuring the uninterrupted provision of quality healthcare services at Sibbinda Health Centre after complaints of water supply issues at the centre.This was said in a statement…

In a bid to ensure that children resume back to school healthy, the Orile Agege General Hospital (OAGH) in Lagos, says no fewer than 2,000 children in the community will benefit from its “Back-to- School Health Outreach”.The Medical Director of the Hos…

Cabinet has directed the foreign relations and health ministries to begin preparations for the hosting of a high-level meeting on the elimination of malaria in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) next month.During its this week, cabinet a…

Experts at a three-day training in Abuja have identified retraining of paediatric anaesthetists as one of the best ways to provide safer and improved anaesthesia to children during surgery.They said that retraining of paediatric anaesthetists could hel…

The Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday handed over multi-media technology equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS).Speaking at the handover ceremony in the capital, MoHSS Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, ex…