While there is still a long way to go when it comes to eye health, the number of people visually impaired from infectious diseases, however, has greatly reduced in the last 20 years. World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. Eyes are one of the most important organs of sense in our body. We perceive up to 80 per cent of all impressions by means of our sight.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has confirmed that 33 suspected cases of Monkey pox had so far been recorded in seven states of the federation. Adewole made this known to State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.

Panic overshadowed the commencement of the Nigerian Army free medical outreach for civilians in Anambra on Wednesday, following social media reports that soldiers were injecting school children with dangerous substances.

Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has raised red alert to the recurring menace of drug misuse and abuse, which they said is now taking unprecedented toll on health consuming public in Nigeria.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday, began a two-day training programme for over 30 journalists in Maiduguri on emergency health coverage.

The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) said it will collaborate with the Sokoto State government to tackle quackery in the medical laboratory science profession.