The National Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Mike Ogirima, has decried the declining immunisation coverage in the country and urged government at all levels to do more.
Ogirima gave the warning in Ilorin on Monday, while addressing a news conference to mark the 2017 Physician Week.
Environmental pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, hunger or natural disasters, according to a major study released in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday. Pollution kills more people each year than wars, disasters and hunger, also causing huge economic damage, a study says. Almost half the total deaths occur in just two countries.
A new condom for extra endowed men has launched by a Boston-based company.
The condoms, called my ONE Perfect Fit, are available in 60 different sizes, with 10 different lengths and nine circumferences.
Ebonyi state has launched a programme designed to tackle malaria menace in pregnant women.
The programme, Transforming Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Optimal Pregnancy (TIPTOP), was launched in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, selected for the pilot project.
Anambra State Government has announced free child delivery services for pregnant women in every government hospital in the state.
The state governor, Willie Obiano who made the disclosure in Awka on Wednesday, explained that the free medical services would also include post and antenatal care.
The Federal Government has announced that there are 74 suspected cases of monkeypox virus in 11 states in the country.
Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
