Group warns against excess salt intake, calls for policy implementation
By Hassan Zaggi The Nigeria Sodium Study Multi-Sectoral Stakeholders have warned against excess intake of salt among Nigerians and therefore, called for a stiffer regulation...
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Diabetes: WHO charges govts to invest in insulin, test strips
By Hassan Zaggi The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments in Africa to invest in services for the prevention and management of diabetes...
Researchers seek solution to poor maternal, child health indicators in West Africa
By Hassan Zaggi Concerned by the poor maternal and child health indicators in the West African region, researchers have converged in Abuja, the Federal Capital...
TB case notification to hit 200,000 by 2021 ending -Minister
By Hassan Zaggi As an evidence of improvement in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria, for the first time, TB case notification in the...
NIPRD develops solution strategy to guide govt, stakeholders in pandemic situations
By Hassan Zaggi The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), has concluded plans to develop what it christened solution strategy paper that will...
Medical Lab science Postgraduate College inducts 120 fellows
By Hassan Zaggi The West African Postgraduate College of Medical Laboratory Science has concluded plans to induct 120 Fellows during its forthcoming conference which is...
FG increases support to states worst hit by Cholera
By Hassan Zaggi The Federal Government has said that it is currently stepping up the technical support and guidance it is giving the states of...
NGOs administer free medicals on Jikwoyi Elderly
A group of non governmental organisations, NGOs, at the weekend organised one day free medical care for the older people and the less-privileged in the...
COVID-19 vaccine: Cuba, NIPRD may collaborate on clinical trials
By Hassan Zaggi Cuban scientists and the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), may begin a collaborative work in the area of clinical...
Tropical diseases: How 49-yr-old Kabir nearly loss his scrotum due to ignorance
By Hassan Zaggi It started like a small swelling on the scrotum. The swelling continued to enlarge. 49-year-old Kabir and his neighbours thought it was...