Singapore’s Ministry  of Health has asked public hospitals to move suitable patients to transitional or home care facilities to ensure bed capacity following  COVID-19 resurgence. This is contained  in a statement issued on Saturday. The ministry explained that by this development, public hospitals are  to reduce non-emergency surgeries asContinue Reading

        By Chidinma Agu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) For the past 20 years, the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Ltd. has piloted practical scientific approach to solving  Nigeria’s problems through sponsorship of the Nigeria Prize for Science. The prize celebrates excellence in scientific breakthroughs and honours scientists whoContinue Reading

  By Abujah Racheal The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says it is set to roll out the second phase of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in 21 states. The phase one covered Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, FCT, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo andContinue Reading

  By Oluwafunke Ishola The Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently address the socioeconomic factors behind the non-compliance to anti-hypertensive medicines and regular hypertension screening among citizens. Prof. Basden Onwubere, Chairman of the NHF Hypertension Committee, made the appeal in an interview with theContinue Reading