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Yellow fever: Katsina in campaign to vaccinate 150,000

Katsina health authorities have begun vaccinating 150,000 people in the council area of Danja in the wake of a recent outbreak of Yellow fever. It is

”Delayed breastfeeding increases risk of death in infants”

Delaying breastfeeding by two to 23 hours after birth increases by 40 per cent, the risk of death within the first 28 days of a baby’s life, a n

Ondo State Govt. approves 5 mother/child hospitals

Ondo State Government has approved five more Mother and Child hospitals to render qualitative healthcare services  to pregnant women and under fi

1.4m new HIV infections averted among children in Nigeria

Tremendous advances have been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS globally as about 1.4 million new HIV infections among children under 15 have been av

An aspirin a day could keep HIV at bay – Study

A new study has found that taking an aspirin daily could lower women’s risk of getting infected with HIV by 35 per cent.  The Canadian stud