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Health

Carter centre commits N1.5bn to fight malaria, others

The Carter Centre in Nigeria has committed the sum of N1.5 billion as part of its 2016 intervention in the ongoing fight against malaria and other neg

.5m TB cases undetected yearly

Public health experts have raised concern that up to half a million cases of tuberculosis go undetected and untreated each year in Nigeria, raising fe

Measles leading cause of disability

The Senior Registrar, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department, Federal Medical Center Bida, Dr. Abdulazeez  Abidemi  has said measles is one o

Coping with stammering

I am a 31- year- old man, and have been stammering almost all my life.  Please enlighten me about this problem. Worried young man. Stammering and

What we should know about zika virus

The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus held a meeting yesterday. It was organised by WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret