NAFDAC Orders Stop On Artemether/Lumefantrine Oral Suspension Registration
The multi-dose oral suspension of artemether/lumefantrine dry powder has no longer been registered by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The announcement was made in a public alert No. 01/2025, released on the agency’s website Thursday. According to the alert, the decision was made due to the instability of the reconstituted formulations, which can lead to...
Fake Doctor Exposed! Woman Posing As Gynecologist Caught In Umuahia (Photos)
A woman posing as a medical doctor at Echoes of God’s Mercy & Grace Mission Specialist Hospital, located on Finbars Road in Umuahia, Abia State, has been exposed as a fraud after an investigation confirmed she had no valid medical qualifications. Miriam Ugochi Emenike, who had been working as a gynecologist and was later promoted to Chief Medical Director (CMD),...
NAFDAC Cautions Against Risk Of Calcium Carbide For Fruit Ripening
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has issued a warning to fruit vendors and dealers about the use of calcium carbide in commercial fruit ripening. The warning was made by the NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto state, Mr Abdulsalam Lawal, during a public awareness campaign at a fruit market on Monday in Sokoto. Lawal urged fruit dealers and...
EU Launches Major Support Initiative For Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Industry
The European Union Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States hosted private sector participants in Lagos State on Saturday to enhance and expand Nigeria's ability to produce vaccines, medications, and other health products, the EU said in a statement. The breakfast meeting with the private sector also focused on increasing efforts to ensure Nigeria is well...
Lassa Fever Outbreak: 12 Dead, 112 Cases Reported In Ondo
The state government of Ondo State has revealed that there have been at least 12 Lassa fever-related deaths, with 112 confirmed cases and 353 reported infections. The Acting Statistician-General of Ondo State, Olusola Ajayi, revealed this on Tuesday in Akure while addressing workers of the Ondo State Waste Management Authority. Ajayi urged the agency to collaborate with health stakeholders to ensure...
WHO Launches Cancer Medicine Platform To Support Children In Poor Nations
In an effort to improve lagging survival rates, the World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new platform that offers thousands of children in low- and middle-income countries free cancer medications. The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan, the WHO said, with further shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal, and Zambia as part of the project’s pilot...
“Snake, Monkey Mustn’t Swallow $1.07bn Health Funds” – Atiku Warns FG
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has cautioned the Federal Government that “claims of animals swallowing public funds must never be the fate of the funds budgeted for the critical sector of health in the 2025 budget.” In a statement on Sunday, Atiku urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to provide transparency on how the intervention fund would be allocated. The former Vice...
Africa CDC Raises Alarm Over Health Funding Crisis
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had urged African leaders to boost domestic investment in public health and put in place creative financing methods. The Africa CDC warned that without urgent intervention, health gains could be reversed, pushing morbidity and mortality rates back to early 2000s levels. The center, in a statement on Friday, said, “Africa is facing an...
Chemical Contamination Prompts Coca-Cola Recall In Europe, UK
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Belux has initiated a significant recall of several products in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and UK because of the discovery of high chlorate levels. The recall, conducted in consultation with food safety authorities, highlights concerns over potential health risks associated with excessive exposure to the chemical, BBC reports on Wednesday. A check by PUNCH Online on Thursday to...
AI Set To Revolutionize Breast Cancer Detection For At-Risk Women
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) announced on Tuesday that artificial intelligence can detect women who are at a higher risk of getting breast cancer years before the disease is discovered. Five researchers from FHI, the University of California, and the University of Washington were given access to a commercially available AI program to retroactively analyse the mammographies of...
