As part of efforts to enhance the performance of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), the Federal Ministry of Health is drafting a law to establish a National Blood Service Commission and a network of 17 trauma care centers across the country.
Global donors have reaffirmed their commitment to eradicate polio in Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan under the auspices of Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GEPI) has donated $1.2 billion to finance efforts to end the disease.
People who are aged 75 or older and take aspirin daily to ward off heart attacks face a significantly elevated risk of serious or even fatal bleeding and should be given heartburn drugs to minimize the danger, a 10-year study has found.
The Senate has called on the Ministry of Health at all levels to set up free and accessible mental health stations in all government-owned hospitals and clinics across the country.
A study conducted by a group of scientists in Ecuador published on-line in the BBC News has revealed that an egg a day might help undernourished young children grow to a healthy height. Whether soft or hard-boiled, fried or whisked into an omelette, eggs appeared to give infants a boost. It could be a cheap way to prevent stunting, say researchers in the journal Pediatrics.
The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, has warned that the AIDS pandemic was still far from over, saying over 36.7 million people are living with HIV globally.
