Environment

The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.), has said the President, Muhammadu Buhari , has approved plans to reform the military healthcare system. He added that a consulting firm had been hired to recommend how this could be achieved. Speaking at the Defence Health Maintenance Limited’s stakeholders meeting …

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Abia State chapter, has said there is no going back on its earlier threat to shut down the health sector, if salary arrears of its members in the government employ are not cleared by December 8.This was contained in a communique by the NMA after …

The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State chapter, has revealed that 507 medical doctors practicing in the state have migrated to the United Kingdom in less than 24 months due to better conditions of service. The association’s Chairman, Dr. Benjamin Olowojebutu, disclosed this during an exclusive interview , calling on the …

At least a dozen cities across China have eased COVID-19 restrictions following a wave of unprecedented protests last month, with Shanghai becoming the last metropolis to scrap tests for public transport and Urumqi reopening malls and restaurants for the first time in months. In China’s biggest city, Shanghai, where protesters …

The Federal Government has ordered banks and telecommunication companies to conduct environmental audits in their various domains in to safeguard the environment and reduce toxic waste from the organisations. It said toxic waste from the affected organisations had been on the increase, and that a meeting was held in Lagos …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that 52 percent of people confirmed to have mpox (monkeypox) are living with HIV. In a statement released on Thursday, December 1, in commemoration of World AIDS Day 2022, the health organization noted that HIV remains a major public health issue with 5.9 …

The Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation ,Dr Femi Olaleye, has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional facility pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. Mr Olaleye, is facing a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s 16-year-old niece. He was arraigned by the …

Faced with a shortage of nurses, Nigerian hospitals are recruiting retired nurses on contract to bolster their work-force. LARA ADEJORO writes Mrs Turaki has always loved a career in nursing but her passion for the profession is now under strain. The burdens are heavy and many: a shortage of staff, poor working conditions, …

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has predicted that Nigeria will likely see an increase in COVID-19 cases and a decrease in hospitalisation over the holiday season this year. Adetifa, in an exclusive interview, claimed that the increase in travel over the holiday season …

National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) said 98 per cent of persons living with HIV in the country were on treatment, with 95 per cent  on viral suppression. It noted that as of September, 1,619,133 were on treatment, saying despite availability of free treatment, there  were children less than …