Health

Health

UK spends £100 million to prevent 2.5m unwanted pregnancies

Called Enhancing Nigeria’s Response (ENR) to HIV/AIDS, the programme also prevented 109,364 new HIV infections, said Bright Ekweremadu, team lea

Polio torch hits Nigeria

The torch is Rotary International’s attempts to fund global anti-polio efforts as it passes through cities—and the three polio-endemic cou

Govt backpedalling on promises, health coalition tells Buhari

The group Civil Society for Family Planning in Nigeria (CISFP) said Nigeria’s pledge to provide an annual total of $11.35 million (around N2.2 b

How people patronize local barbers for cupping

Though the therapy is dated as far back as the Stone Age, it is still being practised today. Some people still see the imperatives of applying the the

Jonathan sacks NHIS boss

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the executive secretary/chief executive officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr Femi Thomas.