2023-05-27 09:35
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2023-05-26 16:28
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned gas dealers against selling prohibited refrigerant products responsible for Ozone layer depletion to the… Read More
2023-05-26 10:46
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a terminology that was not popular two decades ago, but now seen almost every day on the pages of national dailies. It is unfortunate that a… Read More
2023-05-25 15:51
It was a historic and remarkable moment on Thursday, 25 May, 2023, at the Pharmanews Ltd corporate head office, as the management and staff assembled to celebrate the duo of Pharm. (D… Read More
2023-05-25 15:51
It was a historic and remarkable moment on Thursday, 25 May, 2023, at the Pharmanews Ltd corporate head office, as the management and staff assembled to celebrate the duo of Pharm. (D… Read More
2023-05-25 08:41
Pharm. Watson Olojo is the marketing manager, Biomedical Limited. An indigene of Mushin Local Government in Lagos State, he attended Olufunmilayo Nursery & Primary School, Ikeja… Read More
2023-05-25 08:25
No woman should lose her life to cervical cancer when there are tools to prevent, make early diagnoses and treat it, Global Health Leaders and advocates have said. This is espe… Read More
2023-05-24 11:49
Consultant Obstetrician and Surgeon at the Aishah Buhari Mother and Child Hospital, Eiyekonrin, Kwara State, Dr Shukura Okesina, has said Nigeria records 12,000 new cases of obstetric… Read More
2023-05-24 10:54
The Board of Nestlé Nigeria PLC has appointed Mr Gbenga Oyebode, as the new chairman of the Board of Directors with effect from 18 May, 2023. The appointment announced t… Read More
2023-05-23 12:54
The National Health Insurance Agency and Society for Family Health have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria. The MoU was signed in… Read More
2023-05-23 12:44
Also known as pertussis, whooping cough is a very infectious disease, caused by the bacterium bordetella pertussis. Outbreaks of the disease were first described in the 16th century b… Read More
2023-05-23 11:45
Poised to purge Lagos State and its environs of drug abuse and misuse, which is commonplace among youths and students, members of the Association of Lady Pharmacists (ALPs) Lagos Stat… Read More
2023-05-22 11:55
A coalition of Non-Governmental organisations has called on the Federal Government to enforce the food fortification policy that is already in existence. They explained that th… Read More
2023-05-22 11:47
Snails are slimy animals that crawl around on walls and sidewalks, especially after rainfall. There are many species of snails but Archachatina marginata (Giant West African snai… Read More
2023-05-22 06:55
Doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have been instructed to resume today, Monday, 22 May 2023, after the expiration of their five-day… Read More
2023-05-21 16:24
The World Health Organisation and partners are launching a global network to help protect people from infectious disease threats through the power of pathogen genomics. … Read More
2023-05-21 15:47
Cases of bird flu have been detected in backyard chickens in Paraguay, authorities said on Saturday. The disease was found in the domesticated birds from the towns of Ma… Read More
2023-05-21 15:20
– As Coy Unveils New Products To sustain the spirit of excellence in drug manufacturing, which it has been known for, in the past 50 years, Vitabiotics has been urged to collaborate mo… Read More
2023-05-20 14:00
The burden of electronic waste is becoming a global public health concern. This is more so as scientific and technological innovations have become integral parts of the process… Read More
2023-05-20 11:28
“I’ve made a business out of caring; wherever I see that there is a gap or an unmet need, I create a service for it. Too many people are underserved. We call them hard-to… Read More
2023-05-19 13:51
As the National Association of Resident Doctors strike continues, patients have appealed for a quick resolution to the impasse between the doctors and the Federal Government. T… Read More
2023-05-19 11:46
The Nigerian Heart Foundation has called for collective efforts to address the high burden of hypertension in the country as Nigeria commemorates the 2023 World Hypertension Da… Read More
2023-05-19 11:33
The United Nations (UN), and the Federal Government, have appealed to international donors for more funds to urgently rescue vulnerable people in the North East from hunger and… Read More
2023-05-19 11:08
On Monday, 29 May, 2023, a new Nigerian president will be inaugurated. Going by all political calculations and pronouncements made by INEC and the Federal Government of Nigeria… Read More
2023-05-18 17:02
In view of the precarious nature of hypertension, the Managing Director, May & Baker, Pharm. Patrick Ajah, has emphasised the essence of regular check-up, exercise and healthy die… Read More
2023-05-18 14:37
A report on the safety of girls and women has shown that 95 per cent of Gender-Based Violence cases in the Federal Capital Territory, Niger and Nasarawa state communities were perpetr… Read More
2023-05-18 12:24
Resident Doctors at the University College Hospital, Ibadan have joined the ongoing five-day warning strike embarked on by the National Association of Resident Doctors UCH chapter pre… Read More
2023-05-18 10:48
The Executive Director of the Deaf Women Aloud Initiative, Mrs Hellen Beyioku-Alase, has called on governments at all levels to make health insurance accessible to People Living with… Read More
2023-05-18 10:28
The Federal Government has revealed that negotiations are ongoing with stakeholders over the five-day warning strike embarked upon by members of the National Association of Resident D… Read More
2023-05-17 21:48
The serene city of Akwa Ibom State, was agog on Tuesday as members of the Clinical Pharmacists Association of Nigeria (CPAN) kicked-off their first Annual Scientific Conference… Read More
2023-05-17 20:10
Madam Regina was involved in a serious motor accident which left her hospitalised with multiple injuries. Her left side became weak and numb, and the doctors were worried she had suff… Read More
2023-05-17 09:38
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Martins Emeje, as the new Director General/ Chief Executive Officer (DG/CEO) of the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA)… Read More
2023-05-17 07:28
Following the expiration of a two-week ultimatum earlier issued to the Federal Government, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has directed her members to embark on a five-da… Read More
2023-05-16 11:23
The World Health Organisation has warned against the use of non-sugar sweeteners for weight loss or to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases. This was contained in the WHO&rsqu&hell…Read More
2023-05-16 10:59
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy on Monday inaugurated “NigComHealth’ platform to transform the healthcare sector in the country. The Minister, P… Read More
2023-05-16 10:31
GreenLight Initiative, an NGO with support from the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, has called on governments to take action to promote sustainable transportation across the… Read More
2023-05-16 10:12
Bond Chemical Industries Limited has been a leading player in the Nigerian pharmaceutical landscape and has continued to record successes in its healthcare solutions journey in the co… Read More
2023-05-16 09:38
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionise healthcare by improving efficiency, accuracy, and precision. Healthcare generates massive amounts of data that can be u… Read More
2023-05-15 15:00
The Medical Director, Nutrition Hospital and Wellness Centre, Dr Patrick Ijewere, has charged Nigerians to start practising wellness by returning to nature and God’s original ar… Read More
2023-05-15 11:41
To actualise the vision of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) in making the country the pharmaceutical production hub of West Africa, pharmacists must make themselves… Read More
2023-05-15 10:22
Do you know that God has set before you a particular race to run? It is not a physical race but a spiritual one. This has to do with the divine destiny He has planned for you to fulfi… Read More
2023-05-15 10:02
Pharmanews is the largest circulating health periodical, covering all the 36 states of Nigeria and beyond. Pharmanews continues to break new grounds in health reportage and has established a… Read More
2023-05-14 21:51
Secure-D-Future International Initiative (SDF), an NGO, has advised Nigerians to embrace periodic mental health check-ups to help tackle the increasing suicide and depression rate in… Read More
2023-05-14 21:43
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Sunday warned users/consumers against the use of PrimeZen Black 6000mg, a male performance enhancement c… Read More
2023-05-13 22:37
The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Prof. Mohammed Sambo says effecient health insurance is key to driving health outcomes. Sambo said t… Read More
2023-05-13 22:07
Health experts at a media training on Tuberculosis (TB) said that unexplained consistent weight loss in children could be as a result of TB. According to them, other sig… Read More
2023-05-12 15:14
The Abia State Government has lauded the National Youth Service Corps for the free medical outreaches it carried out in several rural communities within the state. Speak… Read More
2023-05-12 14:11
An Epidemiologist, Dr Japhet Olugbogi, has appealed to all levels of government to strengthen health systems against the widespread occurrence of infectious diseases in Nigeria… Read More
2023-05-11 09:20
A US panel of health experts voted on Wednesday in favor of making birth control pills available without a prescription, a move backed by reproductive rights advocates, especially in the wak… Read More
2023-05-11 08:52
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, says he is hopeful that President Muhammadu Buhari will assent to the Public Health Emergency Bill before the end of h… Read More
2023-05-10 20:47
If the present practise of antibiotics excessive use and misuse persist without urgent check from governments, healthcare community and industry, there are indications that the outcomes migh… Read More
2023-05-10 15:38
Dr Osahon Enabulele, president, World Medical Association (WMA), has urged the Nigerian government and medical facility administrators to declare an urgent state of affairs in light of the g… Read More
2023-05-10 13:56
In order to ensure the safety and security of the vulnerable children in Lagos State, the SOS Children’s Villages, Nigeria, has joined forces with the state government to provide… Read More
2023-05-10 08:58
Providing simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women – such as offering aspirin – could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns i… Read More
2023-05-10 08:46
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says the World Health Organisation has added Paediatric Zinc Sulphate tablet by SWIPHA Nigeria Limited to its list of pre-qua… Read More
2023-05-10 08:22
All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives… Read More
2023-05-09 15:56
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public on the circulation of one batch of Ozempic pen, confirmed to be counterfeit in Nigeria… Read More
2023-05-09 15:46
The physicians at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso, Oyo State initiated an industrial action on Monday due to poor working conditions and owed salar… Read More
2023-05-09 09:06
No fewer than 1,685 schoolchildren in some communities in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have benefited from a free eye check, diagnosis, treatment, and eyeglasses outreach by a non-governmental orga… Read More
2023-05-09 08:57
Providing simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women – such as offering aspirin – could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns i… Read More
2023-05-08 18:20
Truthware Solutions, a telecommunications access enabler has initiated an innovative means of making healthcare accessible to millions of Nigerians by fostering integrat… Read More
2023-05-08 15:42
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged state governors to stop withholding the wages of medical doctors. The call came at the end of the 63rd Annual Conference and Delegates’… Read More
2023-05-08 14:08
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has reported that on an average, one woman dies every two minutes as a result of pregnancy or childbirth, with a total of 287,000 women worldwide p… Read More
2023-05-08 09:52
A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the bench warrant issued against her on July 24, 2020. She accused t… Read More
2023-05-08 09:41
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 21,800 tablets of tramadol in Adamawa and Edo. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Mr… Read More
2023-05-07 17:15
Dr Olagoke Usman, Consultant Family Physician, Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Lagos, has advised Nigerians to inculcate hand hygiene as a culture to prevent the spread of infectious di… Read More
2023-05-07 15:22
Mr Faruk Abubakar, the Secretary General/Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), has reiterated the council’s commitment toward having healthy mothers and babies in… Read More
2023-05-07 08:15
– Says herbal pharmacopoeia needed for herbal medicine integration Eminent Pharmaceutical industrialist and managing director of Mopson Pharmaceutical Limited, Pharm. (Dr) Michael Oyeb… Read More
2023-05-06 20:26
The World Medical Association has called on the Federal Government and managers of health institutions in Nigeria to declare an emergency on the rising tide of violence against healthcare wo… Read More
2023-05-06 20:14
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has withdrawn its membership of the Joint Health Sector Union, Saturday PUNCH reports. NAMMN said its purpose for joining JOHESU had b… Read More
2023-05-06 19:39
As NAIP holds 2023 CEOs Forum Stakeholders in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry have been charged to collaborate and embrace contract manufacturing, in order to move the industry from imp… Read More
2023-05-06 06:00
What makes leaders stand out? Leadership is a critical ingredient in any successful organisation or endeavour. While there are many different types of leaders, and no single formula for effe… Read More
2023-05-05 13:57
A one-week warning strike has been initiated by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State. The doctors emba… Read More
2023-05-05 13:50
Olasunkanmi Ahmed Ajilaran, a 400 level Pharmacy student, from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has emerged winner of the Pharmanews PANSite of the Year Online Poll 2023. Ajilaran was… Read More
2023-05-05 09:30
Dwindling COVID-19 deaths may have allowed “normal” life to largely resume but uncertainties persist, the WHO chief said on Thursday, as experts debated if the global health emer… Read More
2023-05-05 08:48
Mortein insecticide, a brand of Reckitt, a leading global health and hygiene company, commemorated this year’s World Malaria Day with an awareness and sensitisation programme held at t… Read More
2023-05-05 08:45
The World Health Organisation says the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 is declining, following the spike in China after it country lifted restrictions. Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus… Read More
2023-05-04 19:56
The Lagos State College of Nursing (LASCON) in Igando, recently held its first ever inaugural matriculation ceremony to mark its transition to a full-fledged tertiary institution. The Colleg… Read More
2023-05-04 11:02
Heartburn is an uncomfortable symptom that’s quite common. According to the United States National Library of Medicine, Heartburn is a painful and common but manageable health conditio… Read More
2023-05-04 10:58
…Celebrates outstanding customers, staff In spite of the widespread cash crisis witnessed in the country, which caused a steep drop in business activities by rendering individua… Read More
2023-05-04 08:46
A medical expert of E-Health Africa, Dr. Dennis Marke, Wednesday, called for a collaborative effort to end the malaria scourge by 2030. Marke who is also a clinician and the acting Programme… Read More
2023-05-03 19:15
Pharm Yewande Adekoya, vice-president, business development and strategy, Advantage Health Africa, has challenged the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi (NOHI) Pharmacy Interns not to be… Read More
2023-05-03 12:15
Body acne is a condition that affects many people around the world and can cause embarrassment or discomfort. It is characterised by breakouts of pimples and lesions on the skin, usually loc… Read More
2023-05-03 09:53
A nurse accused of murdering seven babies at the United Kingdom hospital where she worked denied on Tuesday ever trying to harm them, as she gave evidence at her trial. Lucy Letby, 33… Read More
2023-05-03 07:09
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it is alive to its responsibility of safeguarding the health of the public despite its recent caution on I… Read More
2023-05-02 14:17
In celebration of World Asthma Day on May 2, 2023, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) is calling on the international respiratory communities to collaborate with patients, healthcare pr… Read More
2023-05-02 14:10
When it comes to weight loss, there are many misconceptions that can easily lead to unhealthy outcomes. Unfortunately, a lot of these myths are perpetuated by well-meaning friends, family, a… Read More
2023-05-02 11:13
Partners Fidson to organise health outreach The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), FCT, Abuja Chapter has advocated the preventive use of insecticide-treated mosquito n… Read More
2023-05-02 10:29
The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), has called for the establishment of veterinary desks in emergency management institutions and other relevant agencies. Dr Ifeanyi Ogbu. Ch… Read More
2023-05-01 21:06
Sequel to the recalled of Indomie Noodles by the Taiwan and Malaysian health authorities, due to the alleged detection of ethylene oxide in the chicken flavour of the product… Read More
2023-05-01 14:31
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease, caused by a coronavirus. First identified in February 2002, during an outbreak in China, and later spreading to other… Read More
2023-05-01 07:00
-Elects New Executives, as Gbadamosi Bows Out The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Oyo State Chapter, has expressed concerns over the spate of persistent threats… Read More
2023-05-01 07:00
It was an exciting moment at the indoor hall of the Basorun Hall, Ibadan Civic Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State, the venue of the Association of the Community Pharmacists of Nigeria’s (ACPN)… Read More
2023-05-01 06:10
Carib Health, over the years, has been divinely inspired to see health from a wellness perspective. In this edition of the column, we define wellness, explain the concept, how it differs fro… Read More
2023-04-30 19:41
Dr Perpetua Uhumoibhi, the National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), has warned healthcare practitioners to take cognisance of the dangers posed by malaria and its… Read More
2023-04-30 19:27
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has engaged security agencies, heads of health colleges and registrars of health professional bodies to weed out illegal health institutions… Read More
2023-04-30 13:00
— As NIPRD, Bloom Launch WHO Pre-Qualification Project Nigeria will soon become a global force to reckon with in pharma manufacturing and a role model for the pharmaceutical landscape… Read More
2023-04-30 06:51
The annals of Nigerian academia are short of female vice-chancellors, except for the few exceptional women who have distinguished themselves against all odds to attain the topmost position… Read More
2023-04-29 18:39
The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the National Population Commission (NPC) to conduct credible population and housing census for effective planning in the country. The Chairman, Ho… Read More
2023-04-29 18:35
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Social And Behaviour Change (SBC) is a primary enabler for health promotion in the country. Ehanire, represented by Mrs Ladidi Bako-Aiyegbusi… Read More
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