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PT Health Watch: What to know about bacteria behind most ulcer cases

Nigeria, July 26 -- Many Nigerians believe that skipping meals or eating spicy food is what causes stomach ulcers. But health experts say the main cause is the bacterium called Helicobacter pylori (H.... Read More


Gaza: Hunger, health crisis worsen as WHO reports attack on staff facility

Nigeria, July 24 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns over the worsening hunger and health situation in Gaza, warning that starvation and malnutrition-related deaths are increasi... Read More


Silent Spread: How Nigeria's largest cities are losing lives to preventable diseases

Nigeria, July 22 -- When 50-year-old Lawan Umar left home with his daughter, six-year-old Zulaihat, he believed she had a fever that would be treated at the hospital. He never imagined he would return... Read More


US senators move to exempt global HIV/AIDS funding from Trump spending cuts

Nigeria, July 17 -- The United States Senate has moved to exempt the global anti-AIDS programme, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), from major foreign aid cuts proposed by President ... Read More


Movement restricted as local government election commences in Lagos

Nigeria, July 12 -- Movement across Lagos State has been officially restricted from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. today, Saturday, as the state conducts its local government elections. The revised restricti... Read More


Health minister inaugurates NHIA governing council

Nigeria, July 12 -- The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has inaugurated the new governing council of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). At the inaugura... Read More


UNESCO, MILID train youth on media literacy ahead of Lagos LG election

Nigeria, July 7 -- With days to the local government elections in Lagos State, 14 youth-led organisations across South-west Nigeria have received training on media and information literacy to strength... Read More


Lagos NMA rejects new salary proposal, supports national 21-day ultimatum

Nigeria, July 5 -- The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the new salary structure proposed by the federal government for medical doctors. At a press conference... Read More


NMA demands removal of hospital director as doctors threaten strike

Nigeria, July 5 -- The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Branch, has called for the immediate removal of Olugbenga Owoeye as Acting Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hosp... Read More


NMA condemns Tinubu's agreement to export doctors to Saint Lucia

Nigeria, July 4 -- The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the government's recent agreement to send Nigerian doctors and healthcare workers to Saint Lucia. The association warned that t... Read More