Health

Researchers at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, have warned of a silent, pervasive stomach lining bacteria, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), that silently fuels gastritis, ulcers, and gastric cancer. The NIMR, Director of Research and Professor of Microbiology, Professor Stella Smith, stated this during the institute’s monthly media parley in Lagos. He stressed the urgent need for greater awareness, better diagnostic methods, and improved treatment adherence to combat antimicrobial resistance.

The World Health Organisation is concerned on the devastating impact of oral diseases such as dental caries, gum disease, and tooth loss, despite advances made in oral health care.

President Bola Tinubu approved the automatic employment of 774 National Health Fellows which is an initiative led by the Federal Ministry of Health to foster sustained improvements within Nigeria’s healthcare system.

The UN World Health Organisation, WHO has warned that funding cut by the United States –Agency For International Development, USAID, is threatening decades of progress recorded in the fight against tuberculosis that is still one of the world’s deadliest infectious disease. The health agency highlighted that essential services like prevention, testing, and treatment are collapsing before their eyes, leaving millions vulnerable.

Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) of University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres (FMCs) across the country have raised alarm that tertiary health hospitals in Nigeria are facing threats of becoming empty as doctors, nurses and other skilled health workers are dumping Nigerian hospitals for greener pastures abroad. They lamented that despite the federal government effort in revamping the health infrastructure; the movement has continued unabated and is grossly affecting the healthcare delivery services in the country.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has today, destroyed expired, unregistered, counterfeit, and smuggled drugs and related products worth ₦10,991,458,374.60. Accordingly, the destroyed products were seized items from five states of the Southwest Zone region (excluding Lagos) and Kwara State in the North Central Zone due to its proximity, and were all incinerated in Ibadan for the destruction.