Air pollution kills over 700,000 people annually in Africa,says UI don
…Experts call for urgent policy action,sustained public awareness campaigns
By Joy Joseph
An environmental health expert and don at the Faculty of Public Health, University...
Why Nigeria Must Do More to Protect Its Elderly Population, By Temitope Farombi
For many years, old age in Nigeria was synonymous with respect, dignity and community support. Elderly men and women were revered as custodians of...
UCH Assures Stable Power Supply, Says Services Uninterrupted
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has reassured the public that power supply within the facility remains stable, dismissing speculation that the hospital is...
Bisi Akande’s Granddaughter Emerges Best in Gynaecology as MDCN Inducts 136 UI...
A granddaughter of former Osun State Governor and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, Dr. Opeyemi Ilori, has...
Wale Oke, ex-CMD seek better healthcare for the youth
The National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and founder of Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has called...
At Cure My Nation conference, stakeholders say lack of oxygen, basic facilities worsening deaths...
Stakeholders in the health sector have blamed the rising rate of preventable deaths in Nigerian hospitals on lack of oxygen, inadequate medical facilities and...
Acting Oyo Gov seeks urgent international bailout, intervention for UI Dental School
The Acting Governor of Oyo State, Barrister Bayo Lawal, has called for urgent national and international intervention to address the acute shortage of equipment...
Nearly 20 million females in Nigeria undergone FGM, says UNICEF
By Wuraola Oyedokun
The United Nations Children’s Fund , on Wednesday, called for outright abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation , saying that nearly 20 million...
Nigeria’s 100 Neurologists, 200 Psychiatrists Grossly Inadequate for 230m Population — Farombi
A Neurologist at University College Hospital (UCH), Dr. Temitope Farombi, has described Nigeria’s current number of neurological and psychiatric specialists as grossly inadequate for...
Brain drain, strikes, drug abuse deepen Nigeria’s health crisis, says neurologist
A neurologist and health technology expert, Dr. Temitope Farombi, has warned that Nigeria’s healthcare system is facing a deepening crisis driven by the mass...
