Anietie Udobit, SokotoThe Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, UDUTH, Sokoto, has successfully performed its first kidney transplant.The groundbreaking procedure was performed by a team of highly skilled medical professionals, marking a significant milestone in the hospital’s commitment to advancing medical services in Nigeria.Sources within UDUTH confirmed that both the donor
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The federal government has launched the National Strategic Plan of Action on Cholera Control 2025-2029, a $124 million initiative aimed at eradicating cholera in Nigeria through a multi-sectoral approach.The plan was unveiled on Tuesday in Abuja by Muhammad Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, who emphasised the
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Federal Government has issued a warning to Nigerians to avoid traveling to Uganda and some other countries with confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease.Confirming the outbreak of the disease in Uganda, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country has initiated measures to strengthen the
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has instructed hospitals nationwide to enhance their Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures, in response to rising global concerns over Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV).The directive aims to safeguard public health amid increased HMPV activity reported in countries such as
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed off a Chinese supermarket in Abuja for allegedly selling expired products and items labelled exclusively in Chinese without the required English translations, as mandated by NAFDAC regulations.NAFDAC, in a statement, said that the supermarket, located
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the seizure and destruction of over N120 billion of substandard and falsified medicines (SFs) and unwholesome food products between July and December 2024.In its intensified crackdown on counterfeiters, the agency recorded significant achievements across the country. Key
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The Attorney-General of Lagos State and the Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), says the Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation Bill has been signed into law to prohibit illegal organ harvesting.Pedro disclosed this on Thursday at the Ministry of Justice in Alausa, Ikeja, while briefing newsmen on the significance
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The management of Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH), Ilorin, is considering mass burial for unclaimed dead bodies.It was learnt that the KWASUTH morgue has been filled to full capacity due to unclaimed bodies.The head of the Corporate Affairs Unit of the KWASUTH, Kamaldeen Aliagan, confirmed that the hospital's
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A Nigerian clinical associate professor of medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi, has been elected as the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) next president-elect on Friday.Dr. Ogunyemi, a practising medical dermatologist in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and a visiting specialist in Labrador City since 2018, emerged victorious in the
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, of defilement and sexual assault by penetration of a minor.Dr. Olaleye had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a lower court on a two-count charge. However, he
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