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Residents stranded after Eskom cuts North West clinic’s electricity

A clinic in the North West has been left in the dark over unpaid electricity bills. Residents reliant on the…

4 years ago

Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th September 2020

FG further relaxes COVID-19 restrictions. NHIS set to accredit 100 Primary Health Centres in Kebbi. President Buhari reiterates support for…

4 years ago

Lessons from Pathfinder Nigeria’s five decades of breaking boundaries in sexual and reproductive health

By Thelma Chioma Thomas and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) Pathfinder International started in Nigeria in 1965 when Dr. Clarence Gamble…

4 years ago

New long-acting injectable drug might soon be a key HIV treatment

American scientists have developed an injectable drug that blocks HIV from entering cells. They say the new drug potentially offers…

4 years ago

Approval of new treatment set to ease cancer burden

Health authorities approved the immunotherapy-based treatment Keytruda for more forms of cancer. It is used to treat certain cancers by…

4 years ago

New Covid-19 tracing app could prevent second surge and save lives

South Africans are urged to download the newly developed Covid Alert SA app to strengthen the country’s contact tracing efforts.…

4 years ago

Health workers who deliver: LUTH’s resolve to help COVID-19 positive mothers give birth safely

By Adaobi Ezeokoli & Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Professor Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital…

4 years ago

Brain cancer survivor teaches healthy eating to prevent diseases in others

A Limpopo dietician, diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, learned how to use food to fight cancer. Now, she’s sharing…

4 years ago

AfreHealth COVID-19 Webinar Series:

Preparing for the new normal for Africa’s Health Professionals training amidist COVID-19 Assessing the digital needs and capabilities of students…

4 years ago

Who to trust and how to overcome COVID-19 misinformation in Nigeria

If there is a lesson that COVID-19 has taught stakeholders about public health misinformation in Nigeria and probably elsewhere, it…

4 years ago