The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Primary Health Care Development Board says it is targeting 750,000 children for immunisation in the July Sub National Vaccination Plus Day in the territory.

The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, (NHIS) Professor Usman Yusuf, has been suspended.

The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) said it will increase effort in promoting inventions and innovations in the health sector to address local needs. Dr Manasseh Gwaza, the Director, Department of Health and Biomedical Science in the ministry told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.

The World Health Organization

The World Health Organization has declared that oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread.

A new study suggests that if type 2 diabetes cases continue to grow, sub-Saharan African countries could spend up to $59.3 million a year by 2030 on the treatment.

The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPHWAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to spearhead intervention efforts in the detection, prevention and treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the country.