Top News

The Nigerian government through the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has revealed that no fewer than 16,000 medical doctors have left the country to practice their profession abroad in the last five to seven years. Pate made this known yesterday in Abuja during the annual capacity-building workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA), and hosted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).

The Nigeria Ministry of Health has received about a million, 1,000,000 pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) doses from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to battle the meningococcus C and W outbreak in the country especially the north.. According to the reports, the epidemic has already claimed over 70 lives, with more than 800 cases across 23 states in Nigeria.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first reports highlighting the urgent need for better medicines and testing tools to combat invasive fungal infections. Fungal infections are becoming a major public health concern, but research and development (R&D) in this area remains insufficient. Some common infections, like Candida (which causes thrush), are becoming more resistant to treatment. These infections are especially dangerous for people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients, individuals with HIV, and organ transplant recipients. WHO warns that low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face severe challenges due to a lack of effective treatments and proper diagnostic tools.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe as Chairman of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) which was disclosed in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.

Following the halting of the ‘United States Agency For international Development, USAID support internationally, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) on behalf of the Nigerian government has confirmed that treatment for HIV in the country shall remains free. The Director-General of NACA, Temitope Ilori, reaffirm the government commitment yesterday in Asaba, Delta State, after inaugurating the Paediatric Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV Accelerated Committee (PPAC).

Dr. Sam Adegboye, a urologist and Assistant Chief Medical Officer at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Ido-Ekiti, has dismissed the claim that frequent breast sucking can prevent breast cancer. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dr. Adegboye addressed common myths surrounding breast cancer. He emphasized that there’s no scientific evidence to support the idea that breast sucking reduces cancer risk. Instead, he urged women to focus on proven preventive measures, such as adopting a healthy lifestyle and performing regular breast self-examinations. He recommended watching instructional videos online to learn proper self-examination techniques. Dr. Adegboye also warned that hormonal changes caused by certain contraceptives during adolescence may increase the risk of breast cancer. He explained that hormonal imbalances can lead to abnormal pain or tissue growth in the breasts.