New Telegraph

  1. Home
  2. Health

Category: Health

‘High-intensity drinking escalates within two years of first drink’

‘High-intensity drinking escalates within two years of first drink’

A new study by the University of Michigan (U-M ) has found that for some teenagers, heavy drinking begins well before they accept their high school diploma. The findings of the study published in ‘JAMA…

Panic as diphtheria spreads in Nigeria

Panic as diphtheria spreads in Nigeria

…things to know about the infection The increase in the infection and resurgence of diphtheria disease has been blamed on low vaccination coverage across the country. Experts said being fully vaccinated against the disease with…

Breast cancer patient seeks N2m financial assistance to continue treatment

Breast cancer patient seeks N2m financial assistance to continue treatment

A petty trader, Mrs Ngozi Emeanua, who lives in Lagos, has appealed to well-meaning citizens to donate funds with a view to supporting her breast cancer treatment, saying she needs N2 million to resume the…

Kwara launches new healthcare intervention

Kwara launches new healthcare intervention

Development partners have commended the giant strides of Governor AbdulRahman Abdul- Razaq’s administration in the health sector, saying the feat recorded in the sector by the state government was a testament of the governor’s firm…

Lagos Assembly seeks upgrade of 5 general hospitals

Lagos Assembly seeks upgrade of 5 general hospitals

In a bid to address hospital congestion in Lagos State, members of the state House of Assembly have sought the upgrade of five general hospitals to tertiary hospitals in the five divisions of the state.…

OSSAP-SDGs hands over 120-Bed mother & child hospital to Kaduna govt

The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAPSDGs), has handed over a fully equipped 120-Bed Mother and Child Hospital to Kaduna State Government. The 120-Bed Mother and Child…

COVID-19: Unvaccinated passengers to Nigeria to receive jab at airport

COVID-19: Unvaccinated passengers to Nigeria to receive jab at airport

Few weeks after relaxing the COVID-19 protocols in the country, the Federal Government has hinted that inbound international passengers yet to be vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines would have to get their jab at the…

Ehanire expresses readiness to address health threats, inaugurates projects at UUTH

Ehanire expresses readiness to address health threats, inaugurates projects at UUTH

Minister of Health, Dr. Emmanuel Ehanire has pledged the preparedness of the Federal Government to strengthen the capacity and respond to health threats in Nigeria. The minister said this at the commissioning of projects at…

NCDC confirms outbreak of diphtheria in Nigeria

NCDC confirms outbreak of diphtheria in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has confirmed the outbreak of a new infection of the nose and throat, known as diphtheria, in some parts of the country. A public health advisory…

Guild of Medical Directors engages stakeholders to stem brain drain

Guild of Medical Directors engages stakeholders to stem brain drain

As part of long term solutions to reverse brain drain among healthcare workers in the country, doctors under the aegis of the National Guild of Medical Directors (GMD), have said the large contingent of health…