Health

In what researchers are calling a ”breakthrough hiding in plain sight,” scientists have redesigned a 40-year-old deworming drug into a potent cancer-fighting compound, one that could one day be cheap, safe and even protective against some…
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Residents of Sagbe, Eyin- Oke, along Oyo-Ibadan expressway, Moniya in Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan have appealed to the concerned authority to evacuate the decomposed body of a destitute in the area to prevent outbreak of epidemics.…
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As part of efforts to improve healthcare service delivery and encourage citizens active participation in primary healthcare system, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, and the Centre for Communication and Social…
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The Director of Nursing Services in Oyo State, Dr. Omokehinde Arinade Oyebode, popularly known as Ojuoluwa, has officially bowed out of active service after a distinguished career devoted to advancing nursing education and healthcare…
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Nigeria’s health sector is undergoing its most sweeping transformation in over a decade as the Federal Government launches a massive workforce recovery and reform drive , clearing billions in arrears, authorizing record recruitment, and…
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The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the University College Hospital, have UCH, Ibadan, joined the nationwide strike as directed by its headquarters. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, had earlier announced it…
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In a compelling motion presented before the Oyo State House of Assembly today, Hon. Waheed Akintayo, who represents Oluyole Constituency, called for urgent reforms to improve the quality of patient care in private and public hospitals…
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As part of its activities to commemorate this year's International Day for the Girl Child, Peace Oladiran Foundation (POF), has distributed sanitary pads to female students of NUT Model Secondary School, Apata. ‎The Coordinator of the…
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The Oyo State House of Assembly has raised an alarm over a looming public health crisis following the withdrawal of support from the United States' Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has historically sustained…
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Health practitioners have advocated policies to establish hand washing hygiene as the world celebrates world hand washing day. Correspondent Tosin Aderibigbe brings details. Her report.
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