A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. Poverty, conflict and displacement are contributing to the return of the centuries-old illness for the first time in more than a decade, and new […]
The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney, and other diseases – live in low and middle-income countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed. The study, which was co-led by Imperial College London, […]
By Baba Martins (Abuja), Umar Muhammed (Lafia) & Magaji lsa Hunkuyi (Jalingo) Nigeria has, so far, recorded 33,661 cases of cholera in 22 states across the country leading to the death of not less than 938 persons, the Minister of Environment, Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has said. Addressing newsmen on the cholera outbreak in Nigeria Monday […]
By Jowit Saluseki A female breast cancer survival has urged both men and women to regularly go for cancer screening. The cancer survivor also appealed to Government to ensure that cancer drugs are in constant supply in the health facilities. Breast cancer patient Nyemba Mwalukanga of Lusaka urged both men and women to take advantage […]
INTRODUCTION President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo recently performed a symbolic ceremony at Trede in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District, for the official commencement of the ‘Agenda 111’, which has the objective of increasing access to healthcare delivery across the country. The underlying factor, he said, was to build and equip as many hospitals as possible to advance […]
