LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2024 HIV prevalence by states showed that Rivers State has the highest number of people living with HIV, with 208,767 recorded cases, followed closely by Benue State with 202,346 cases, and Akwa Ibom with 161,597 cases. These three states top the chart in the latest HIV spectrum estimates obtained from the…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has emphasized the urgent need to revamp Nigeria’s health sector for better service delivery. The former Anambra State Governor lamented that Nigeria’s health sector is in a deplorable state at the moment despite heavy borrowings by the government to invest in the sector….
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday and will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican, doctors treating him have said. The 88-year-old was admitted to the hospital on 14 February with a severe respiratory infection that resulted in double pneumonia. During the past five…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between the onset of symptoms – which include fever, vomiting and internal bleeding – and death has been 48 hours…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) today donated medical equipment to the Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF) to enhance healthcare outreach in underserved communities across Nigeria’s South-West, North-Central, and South-South regions. This initiative will enable the non-profit organisation to conduct nearly 5,000 fibroids…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a marriage made in heaven — until it wasn’t. President Trump and Elon Musk, two titans of ego, united for the cameras and the “greater good.” But like all fairy tales, this one didn’t last. The honeymoon is now officially over. Barely had Trump announced his artificial intelligence infrastructure project,…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mysterious viral outbreak is overwhelming some hospitals in China and prompting people to wear face masks again. Videos on social media appear to show medical units struggling with large numbers of patients. Parents were seen holding sick children amid long queues in paediatric care late at night. Many are drawing similarities…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a significant move to bolster Defence Health Services and strengthen the partnership between the United States and Nigeria, the Honourable Minister of State for Defence, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Bello Matawalle MON, met with a U.S. delegation led by Dr. David Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Health. The meeting focused…