An illegal psychoactive drug, Cannabis which is popularly known as marijuana was the most widely used substance in Nigeria in 2018, followed by pharmaceutical opioids, mainly tramadol and codeine-containing cough syrups.
In Nigeria, 14.3 million people (14 percent of the...
Nigeria's Federal Government will receive the sum of $75m in the next five years from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for routine childhood immunisation.
This is just as the government reiterated its commitment to childhood immunisation through innovative financing...
During the Apartheid era, a powerful South Africa-based mercenary group intentionally tried to Infect South Africa's Black Population With Aids in the 1980s and 1990s, a former member of the group has claimed in a new documentary.
Alexander Jones said...
East African countries are working on measures to prevent Ebola virus outbreaks across borders after the World Health Organisation issued a warning of the virus spreading from Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
Nine neighbouring...
It takes place mostly in the shadows, but sexual violence against children is happening everywhere, regardless of a country’s economic status or its citizens’ quality of life. Yet, child sexual abuse and exploitation is preventable, and there are strategies...
Polio, is on the brink of eradication. The last case of wild poliovirus in Africa was reported in August 2016 in the north-eastern state of Borno, Nigeria.
If no new cases of wild poliovirus are detected in Nigeria by August...
South Sudan government has banned the importation and of skin lightening and bleaching products apparently to protect the people of South Sudan from being exposed to harmful chemicals used in manufacturing skin bleaching cosmetics.
South Sudan has followed Ivory Coast,...
According to a study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, Alcohol consumption is regularly linked to long-term brain.
According to the study, alcohol consumption can damage memory, problem-solving skills and the ability to read emotions.
Even moderate alcohol...
In a fascinating new study based in Hong Kong, China, researchers found that spending time around "blue spaces" — like beaches, harbors, coastlines, etc. — is "related to good self-reported health," as per the research paper, which has been...
What is Universal Healthcare (UHC)?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines Universal Health Coverage as access to key promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health interventions for all at an affordable cost, thereby achieving equity in access. Universal Health Coverage is...
