Health

THE Global Burden of Diseases' (GBD)  report on causes of mortality in 2018 listed both Malaria and Tuberculosis as the fourth and sixth leading causes of death in Nigeria. The cases of malaria and tuberculosis have since become a burden…
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Nigeria with the highest burden of the sickle cell disease globally is still slow in curbing the preventable disorder. There is no legislation, no national coverage of the genotype screening, and no active policy to aid in…
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By: Ibrahim Adeyemi AT dusk on Friday, Hassan’s daily efforts as a drug peddler are beginning to pick up for the day, amidst a gang of drug merchants located at their popular spot behind Obalende Bridge in Lagos – the economic capital of…
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By: Ibrahim ADEYEMI OPEYEMI Jamiu has swallowed poisoned pills, and saliva in his mouth has run dry. He’s heavily gasping for breath, suffering from severe dehydration; if he spends more time without proper medications, he’ll give up the…
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WHEN Tanko Gwapna, a 46-year-old civil servant, felt continuous dizziness that affected his work, he had to listen to his wife's advice to visit the hospital. He was earlier treated for Malaria, but the dizziness persisted. Eventually, he…
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Birth registration of children in Nigeria has been low, despite the initiative introduced in 2012 by National Population Commission with the support of UNICEF (Nigeria) to address the problem of low birth registration in the country.  The…
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WITH a big smile on his face and his baby cradled in his arms, a proud father of a newly-born infant and his wife made their way toward the taxi park at the Asokoro District Hospital in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).  The…
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In this investigation, The ICIR reveals how herbal doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja scam cancer patients to buy drugs for a disease that yet has no cure.  HERBAL doctors in Abuja contradict the views of the World…
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ON first encounter, you might think she was due to have a baby. With a protruding belly as big as that of a nine-month-old pregnant woman, Immema John waddled along the street while neighbours and passers-by would call out to her as ‘Mama…
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