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Health

‘We need to strengthen health systems across Africa’

Joseph Enegela is a medical doctor and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Africa Disease Prevention and Research Development Initiative (ADRAP). In

Polio: Getting certified is not the end of the job – UNICEF

 In 2020, it was jubilation for Nigeria and Africa in general as Nigeria was certified Wild Polio Virus (WPV) free by the World Health Organisation (W

Leukaemia: Persistent malaria could be a red flag — Expert

Late presentation for medical care by patients is one of the major challenges for effective treatment of leukaemia, a type of blood cancer in Nigeria.

19 children feared killed by measles in Adamawa

Complication from measles is suspected to have killed at least 19 children in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa. Commissioner for Health, Mr

Many claims of typhoid fever in Nigeria mere conjectures — Scientist

Mrs Petronilla Ozumba is a medical laboratory scientist, and the Deputy Director, Laboratory Services of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN