Nigeria’s Greatest Health Challenge Is Prevention, Not Treatment
Arise Victor Oluwaseyifunmi in this piece takes stock of Nigeria’s healthcare crisis. According to him – Nigeria’s healthcare crisis is often discussed in terms of dilapidated hospitals, inadequate medical personnel and the high cost of…
AMA, Medicines for Africa Partner to Fight Fake Drugs, Strengthen Patient Safety Across Continent
The African Medicines Agency (AMA) and Medicines for Africa (MFA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening advocacy, communication and continental efforts to combat the spread of substandard and falsified medical products…
Early Menopause Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk in Women, Study Warns
Women who experience menopause before the age of 40 may face a significantly increased lifetime risk of heart disease, according to new research published in JAMA Cardiology. The study found that premature menopause is associated with about a 40 per cent…
Anaemia Silent but Deadly, New WOMAN-3 Trial Targets Prevention Before Pregnancy — Professor Olayemi
A leading obstetrician and gynaecologist, Professor Oladapo Olayemi, has said anaemia remains one of the most overlooked health conditions affecting Nigerian women, warning that the condition significantly increases the risk of severe bleeding and…
Flavoured Smoke and False Promises: How Tobacco Firms Are Targeting Nigerian Women and Girls
A new study has raised alarm over what experts describe as a growing and calculated push by tobacco companies to capture a new market in Nigeria: women and adolescent girls. Presented recently by Gatefield, an Abuja-based public policy firm, the study…
South Africa Confronts a New HIV Reality as US Pulls the Plug on Lifeline Funding
For more than two decades, American funding helped underpin one of the world’s most ambitious responses to HIV and Aids. Now, that era is drawing to a close. The United States government has announced that it will discontinue support for HIV and…
World Sickle Cell Day: Why Half of Children Born With Sickle Cell Disease May Never Reach Age Five
Long before science explained the mysteries of genetics, many Nigerian communities sought answers in folklore. Among the Yoruba, children who died repeatedly in infancy were believed to be Abiku, spirits doomed to return to the world only to die again.…
Nigerians with Albinism Are Fighting Stigma, Health Risks and Silence
Colour-based discrimination often hides in plain sight, in prolonged stares, mocking remarks, exclusion, bullying, stereotypes or subtle forms of dehumanising language. However, behind what is frequently dismissed as “harmless” behaviour lies a deeper…
One Rotten Tomato Could Endanger Your Health
For many struggling households, a basket of bruised or partially rotten tomatoes can feel like a blessing in difficult economic times. Sold at a fraction of the cost of fresh produce, these tomatoes, popularly known in parts of Nigeria as “Ata…
Could Kimchi Help Fight Plastic Inside the Human Body?
For centuries, Koreans have eaten Kimchi not merely as a side dish, but as a cultural tradition cuisine woven into everyday life. Spicy, sour and sharply aromatic, the fermented vegetable delicacy has long been celebrated for its digestive and probiotic…