Lagos unveils Health Festival, showcases creativity as tool for healing, wellness
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has highlighted the value of art in promoting recovery, mental wellbeing…
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17-year-old Emma shares struggle with rare stomach paralysis, calls for awareness
A 17-year-old girl identified as Emma has drawn global attention after revealing her lifelong struggle with gastroparesis, a rare and…
Rising obesity rates threaten to push UK health services to breaking point
Britain’s growing obesity crisis is draining more than £100bn from the economy each year and placing unprecedented strain on the…
NMC under fire over rapist nurse scandal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is facing renewed criticism after it emerged that a psychiatric nurse convicted of rape…
Aiyedatiwa commissions new mental health, drug rehabilitation centre in Ondo
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has commissioned the Minds Medical Specialist Hospital and Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Ondo City.…
House of Rep calls for provision of specialised ambulances for hard-to-reach areas
The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Health Services, Hon Amos Magaji, has called for the introduction of…
Diri calls on politicians to improve Nigeria’s healthcare
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has said Nigeria’s healthcare system can be significantly improved if political leaders and stakeholders show…
Experts warn 1.27m die yearly from infections
The World Animal Protection (WAP) has raised alarm that antibiotic-resistant infections are already claiming about 1.27 million lives yearly, with…
NGO urges Rivers community to take charge of energy future
In a bid to secure healthier living conditions and economic self-reliance, a Non-governmental organization (NGO) has called on the people of Erema, an oil producing community in Rivers State to embrace renewable energy, describing it as the key to overcoming the damaging legacy of oil exploration.
SPI urges states to boost health investment, workforce recruitment
The nationwide survey, produced by Phillips Consulting Limited (PCL) and unveiled in Abuja, painted a bleak picture of healthcare in the country.