Health and Environment

Plight of Abuja residents living with polio

ADAMU Musa, 35, and Maimunat, 30, are among the scores of couples living with disabilities at the Abuja Disabled...

Africa records less than five per cent of global COVID-19 deaths

NEARLY two years after its emergence and eventual declaration as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa's...

WHO approves malaria vaccine for children 

THE World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the administration of RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine on children in sub-Saharan Africa. The...

In two years, Nigeria lost nearly 9,000 doctors to UK, others

NIGERIA lost about 9,000 of its doctors to the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries between 2016 and 2018,...
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Why resident doctors ended two-month-old strike

THE National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has called off its two-month-old strike. The decision emanated from pressure...

WHO raises survival hope for diabetes, cancer patients, approves new drugs

RESPITE may have come the way of people living with diabetes and cancer as the World Health Organization (WHO)...

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