The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers two of four Ebola treatment drugs have been determined “more effective” than the others and will be the only ones...
I listened to a friend recently, who narrated his wife’s ordeal with ulcer for the past five years. The story was quite pathetic. It got to a...
Compared to children who are breastfed from birth, children who are not given breast milk stand the risk of dying. The Director, State Nutrition Officer, Rivers...
As the World marks the 2019 Breast-feeding Week, STAND Foundation, says breastfeeding is key to attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The foundation’s Executive Director,...
The new cutting-edge cancer treatment machine just installed at the National Hospital, Abuja will reduce patient’s treatment waiting time from 16 minutes to two minutes, the...
Diabetes is an ailment majorly caused by poor dietary habits that overwhelm the body with too much carbohydrate, such that it cannot be properly managed and...
The first round of the 2019 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) in Rivers State is targeted at immunizing about 1,601,692 children out of the estimated 8,...
The joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is working towards ending HIV/AIDS epidemics in Nigeria and the world generally by 2020. The agency has rated...
Hypertension also known as high blood pressure (bp) is a major ailment that affects men and women especially from the ages of 35 and up. Unfortunately,...
The Eleta Eye Institute says that it performs not fewer than 5000 cataract surgeries every year. The institute’s Group Managing Director, Dr Benedictus Ajayi, disclosed this...
