Health

By Paul Ashibel Tobacco consumption remains a significant global health challenge, with dire consequences for both individual users and society at large. In combating this epidemic, one policy tool has emerged as a potent force for change: graphic health warnings. These stark visual reminders of the dangers of tobacco use…

By Abiodun Folarin   The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for an increased investment in water infrastructures across the country in order to improve access to safe and clean water for everyone. Minister of water and sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, who disclosed this at the commemoration of the ‘2024…

Paul Ashibel The quest to protect viewers, especially young viewers from the glamourization of smoking in movies received a boost on Monday, 18th March 2024, when Mr. Akinbode Olwafemi, Chairman of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), led members…

The FCT Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has penalised two pizza outlets in the FCT for using expired dough blend seasoning. The FCT Director of the agency, Mr Ozigis Abdulsalam, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday.…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has reminded the public of the importance of responsible and safe sexual behavior to prevent the spread of HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). According to a statement, the Director General of NACA, Dr. Gambo Aliyu said engaging in unsafe…

Concise daily Newsonline – It was an illustrious and joyful moment of gatherings, as development partners of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) with friends and families converging to celebrate the distinguished tenure of Dr. Faisal Shuaib, who served as the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer (ED/CEO) from 2017…

Folarin Abiodun Concisedaily- The National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), says the use of social media awareness is the most effective ways to fight human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) among adolescent group; that has been the most difficult age groups to connect among the HIV population in…

Folarin Abiodun   The National Primary Health Care Development Agency(NPHCDA) has confirmed that 73% of the reported Diphtheria cases are children; confirm over 600 deaths from diphtheria outbreak in Kano, Yobe, Katsina, Borno, Kaduna and Bauchi. It also said, over 10,000 diphtheria cases occurred in Kano as over 97% of…

In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, UNICEF Nigeria is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination. The outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and claimed the lives of 453 people, mostly…

* Lagos, Kano, Katsina and Borno top the country’s food insecurity list The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Nigeria to prioritise investment in nutrition for children, saying the country ranks number one in Africa with the highest number of malnourished children and number two globally. UNICEF, therefore, urged…