Health

By John Ikani  Chad's health ministry has announced the re-introduction of compulsory wearing of face masks and observance of social-distancing as the West African nation records rising Covid-19 cases. "In view of the epidemiological situation of...

By John Ikani  The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended the two-week ultimatum issued to the Federal Government three weeks ago by another two weeks. This was the decision reached during the scheduled extraordinary...

By John Ikani  The World Health Organization (WHO), which is looking to rename monkeypox, called for help from the public in coming up with a less stigmatising designation for the fast-spreading disease. The UN health agency...

By John Ikani  Researchers have successfully altered the blood type of donor kidneys in a discovery that could increase the supply of the organs for transplant. A kidney from someone with an A blood type cannot...

By John Ikani Life expectancy is rising in Africa - with people living nearly 10 years longer, from 46 years to 56 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Life expectancy is the number of...

The General Medical Council which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the United Kingdom has licensed at least 266 Nigerian doctors in June and July, 2022. The implication is that at least...