Masquerade dance troops, drama renditions, pep talks were employed by officials of Cross River State Health Ministry and UNICEF to persuade mothers to exclusively feed their babies with breast milk for the first six months of their lives.

LIKE a bolt out of the blues, the Lagos State Government, during the week issued an alert about an outbreak of cholera in the State. Even before the announcement, fatalities had been recorded out of at least a dozen reported cases.

Patients are staying away from the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, as the strike by resident doctors is taking a toll on the health institution.

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KEYPLAYERS in the healthcare sector; notably hygiene and healthcare, have harped on the need for Nigeria to take a cue for accelerated development of medicines that is relevant to Nigerians and Africans as a whole.

The ancient practice of “swaddling” a baby in a blanket, arms restrained and legs stretched out, is making a comeback, but experts warned Tuesday it was bad for infant hips.

DISTURBED by the rising cases of sudden death in Nigeria, particularly amongst the productive male and female age-groups, the Nigerian Medical Association has called on Federal Government to set up a free national check-up day in the country.

Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has reminded federal tertiary hospitals of the imperatives of ensuring compliance with the World Health Organization (WHO) checklist for surgical safety, saying it reduces and eliminates errors and negligence that are often hazardous to patients.

With 2,300 deaths of under-five and 145 women of childbearing age occurring every day in Nigeria, experts have called for the need to leverage on technology to reduce neonatal and maternal death rate in the country.

UNTIL a freak road traffic accident confined her to the wheelchair in October 2011, Uchenna Caroline Ikpe was a vibrant young woman with the world at her feet.