Haphazard development of abattoirs without environmental and health considerations in Nigeria can only invite diseases – and potentially pandemics such as COVID-19.
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A continuous lock down is detrimental to Nigeria’s large population of people living below poverty lines, but lifting the restrictions without a proper plan is equally dangerous. Here’s what to do.
Providing nutritious food can ensure better health outcomes that will reach beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
With recent calls for their use in combating COVID-19, there are concerns that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine might become unavailable to people who need them.
While testing is central to the fight against COVID-19, there are a myriad of factors to consider, especially by African countries, when taking decisions to curtail the spread of the disease.
What is needed is the calm implementation of a clear and effective strategy.
African countries need to strengthen their capacity for identifying new cases.
With the introduction of free maternal healthcare, Nigeria appears to have got more women using health facilities, but there are more hurdles to cross.
Nigeria has an alarming number of stunted children. This can hold back the country’s long-term productivity if there is no intervention.
Nigeria has to plug the gaps at points of entry to keep infectious diseases at bay.
The presence of antibiotics in the environment poses a threat to global public health, food safety and human existence.
Research in Ghana, India and Kenya shows that more women experience subtle forms of undignified care than they do physical and verbal abuse during childbirth.
The study confirms that dolutegravir is an effective and well-tolerated ARV.
Many factors have been suggested to explain the dominance of Kenyan middle and long distance runners, and many have been disproved
In rural areas where there are often fewer healthcare professionals available, traditional healers can have a role to play in promoting HIV treatment.
Health authorities in South Africa have launched an investigation to find the food source that has resulted in an unprecedented increase in listeria cases across the country.
HIV remains a synonym for death in Kinshasa and many leave testing and treatment until it’s too late. It’s not common knowledge that an infected person can live a normal and healthy life.
The proposed foreign aid cuts by US President Donald Trump will have a devastating impact on healthcare in Africa.