By Joke Kujenya A CONTINENT-wide study has uncovered alarming rates of drug resistance in common infections across 14 African countries, exposing critical weaknesses in laboratory capacity, data systems, and health infrastructure. Researchers analysed over 187,000 lab results collected between 2016 and 2019 from 205 laboratories in countries ...
Illness in Nigeria is no longer driven solely by poverty or lack of access to healthcare. Increasingly, it stems from what people eat. Processed foods high in salt, sugar, and saturated fats, poorly labelled and aggressively marketed, are fuelling a sharp rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including hypertension, stroke, and cardiovascu...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TOBACCO-LINKED diseases have killed over 8 million people each year, yet billions in public funds continue to flow into mitigating the damage caused by one of the world’s most harmful industries, the Make Big Tobacco Pay (MBTCP) coalition has said. Governments worldwide, the MBTCP notes, includ...
By Joke Kujenya NEARLY ONE million deaths worldwide are now tied to loneliness, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has raised alarm over the escalating health toll of social isolation. One in six people worldwide is affected, as loneliness and social isolation drive up the risk of strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, depress...
By JKNewsMedia A NON-governmental advocacy group has issued a stark warning over the growing threat of ultra-processed foods (UFPs) to Nigeria’s food safety and public health, urging urgent government action to stem the tide. Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), in a formal statement marking World Food Safety Day ...
By Joke Kujenya CONTAMINATED MEALS are making 600 million people ill each year, costing developing countries over US$110 billion annually in medical bills and lost productivity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. Specifically, the 2025 World Food Safety Day, observed on 7 June, is beaming a spotlight on the scientific strategie...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter MULTINATIONAL FOOD giants are aggressively embedding ultra-processed, unhealthy foods into Nigerian culture, especially among children and young adults, fuelling a sharp rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and straining the nation’s healthcare system. Unveiled in Lagos by pan-African NGO Corpo...
By Joke Kujenya ONE IN every ten patients acquires an infection during healthcare, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautions. This has informed a stark reminder that even the simplest measures can carry life-saving weight. On World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD) May 5, health professionals and patients alike are being urged to return to basics—by...
By Joke Kujenya HARD-WON victories in the global fight against a centuries-old killer disease, malaria, are beginning to unravel, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO), to issue an urgent call to action on World Malaria Day 2025. Malaria is clawing its way back in parts of the world where it had once been driven into […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter MARKING WORLD Health Day 2025, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, urged Nigerians—particularly women—to speak up and seek timely medical help when faced with health challenges. She made the call while receiving the National Taskforce on Cervical Cancer Elimination, led by the Minister of ...
