Health

Life expectancy in Nigeria has increased to 63 years for men and 66 years for women according to a recent study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. The Annual Global Burden of Disease study, which is the world’s largest scientific collaboration on population health, reveals new trends in illnesses, deaths, and risk factors leading to poor health.

The Federal Government has confirmed a case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The Publicity Secretary, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Federal Capital Territory branch, Dr Patrick Ezie, has called on the Federal Government to implement the National Health Act.

Health workers are to vaccinate at least 33 million children aged between nine months and five years against measles in a campaign starting this October, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced.

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its demands or face an indefinite strike. Mr Segun Sotiloye, the president of the UCH chapter of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), gave the strike notice at a press conference on Thursday in Ibadan.

Not a single country, out of nearly 200 reviewed, was on track to meet the UN target of eliminating new tuberculosis infections by 2030, according to a global health review published Wednesday.