Researchers in a recent study published in the journal, JAMA Dermatology, have identified risk factors associated with melanoma, such as fair skin, family history and individuals...
The Rivers State Government says it is committed to the sustenance of family planning programmes in the state. Making this known recently during a follow-on engagement...
The management of University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital UPTH, says the hospital has commenced medical awareness radio programmes with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria,...
Rivers State Ministry of Health in collaboration with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has officially commissioned the State’s Public Health Emergency Operations Laboratory in order to...
A paediatric consultant at the Isolo General Hospital, Lagos, Dr Festus Bamidele, has advised parents against keeping poisonous substances and sharp objects within the reach of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that Nigeria remains committed and focused on finding sustainable ways of financing her immunisation and vaccination obligations. The president...
The Sole Administrator of Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority, and the Director General of Governor Wike Campaign Organisation, Amb. Desmond Akawor, has said that the...
In spite of successes recorded so far in immunization in Rivers State, there are indications that factors such as inadequate social mobilisation and poor community ownership...
The Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Harry Banigo, has said that the efficacy of the second dose measles vaccine is such that is capable of...
In the first part of this article, I emphasised that 60 per cent of our ailments are caused by poor diet. I also pointed out that...