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At least, 70,000 Nigerians die annually from TB, FG intensifies free treatment – WHO

By Joycelyn Ella’keche Adah Tuberculosis remains one of Nigeria’s deadliest infectious diseases, claiming an estimated 70,000 lives annually. According to World Health Organization...

WHO Warns of Rising Spread of Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

The World Health Organisation (WHO) sounded the alarm over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering...

NAFDAC DG orders market survey, testing as fake paracetamol floods market

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug and Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has ordered a market...

Rise in infectious diseases fueled by insecurity, poverty in 2023, WHO reveals

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that the rise of infectious diseases in several countries in 2023 was exacerbated by poverty, insecurity,...