Health

The suspended Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf has rejected his suspension and vowed to remain in office. On July 6, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole had directed Prof. Yusuf to proceed on three months suspension to pave way for an independent investigation following allegations of corruption preferred against him. To give effect to the directive, the Minister appointed Mallam Attahiru Ibrahim as the new Executive Secretary of NHIS.

A traditional ruler in Ungogo local government area of Kano, Abdulkadir Ahmed, has disclosed that some parents are reportedly putting fake inks on their children to deceive vaccinators that their children had already received polio vaccine.

Researchers have validated local herbs such as scent leaf, neem tree, Lantana camara, cloves, peels of citrus fruits, bush tea, thyme, lemon grass, and eucalyptus that could be effectively used in mosquito repellents. Chukwuma Muanya, Assistant Editor writes.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 35 deaths have died from measles in European countries in the last year in what it described as an "unacceptable tragedy."

According to a finding published in the journal Brain, disturbed sleep can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study has warned.

Nigeria risks losing about one million of its citizens to HIV if its government does not take control of the full sponsorship of the treatment, an official has said.