2O23: WHO General’s States at the 76th World Health Assembly
By Ayomide Otitoju But at the same time, many of us continue to carry grief in our hearts – grief over those we…
Category: Health
“World needs food, not tobacco”
By Ayomide Otitoju On 31 May 2023, WHO and public health champions around the world will come together to celebrate World No Tobacco…
WHO releases guidelines on non – sugar sweeteners
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guidelines on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), which recommends against the use of…
COVID no longer a global health emergency, WHO says
COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a “global health emergency”, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The announcement on Friday came more than three…
28 Nigerian women die from cervical cancer daily: Gynaecologist
Professor Adegboyega Fawole of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin, says about 28 Nigerian women die of cervical cancer daily.Mr…
Study links shisha smoking with heart diseases
The researchers of Qatar University have recently found that shisha smoking or water pipe smoking, increases the risk of heart diseases in adults.Shisha,…
Lagos‘Ll Roll Out Food Packs, And Health Relief Packages Next Week, Says Sanwo-Olu
Gov: we will continue to cater for the less privileged By Ayomide Otitoju Worried by challenges some Lagosians, especially the vulnerable and less…
WHO announces cholera outbreak in 23 countries
The World Health Organisation has announced a cholera outbreak in 23 countries, warning that 20 more countries sharing land borders with the affected…
NMA threatens strike as patient’s relatives ‘kill’ doctor in Delta hospital
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the alleged killing of Uyi Iluobe, a Delta-based doctor, by aggrieved relatives of a patient. The…