The commissioner for Health in Lagos state, Dr. Jide Idris has said that infant mortality is very high in Lagos state. While speaking on Channels Television’s Health Programme, Health Matters, Dr. Jide said there are some factors that affects infant mortality, he highlighted such as: • Due delays: a situation where pregnant women are not aware and don’t have the resources to take care of themselves • Proper ...

A pediatrician and a health consultant Dr. Femi Lawal has said that Pneumonia is not caused by cold but an infection of the lungs. While speaking on Channels Television Health Programme Health Matters, Dr. Lawal explained that Pneumonia can be caused by bacteria, fungi and virus He stated that the lungs are positioned in the chest cavity.     ...

In the past decades, information on the many faces of cerebral palsy, a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, has been scarce but today, the medical community has great interest in studying cerebral palsy to determine its causes and the most effective ways to treat it. Our focus on health examines the knowledge, management and therapy ...

Worried by the huge prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and the country's rating as the second highest in Africa, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, summoned the governors  of the worst-hit states, the leadership of the National Action Committee on HIV/AIDS (NACA), donor agencies as well as other stakeholders to the state house for a meeting. At an African Union (AU) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ear ...

A bill for an act to make exclusive breast feeding compulsory to employees in the public and private sectors for the improvement of the health of new born babies in Nigeria has been rejected by the House of Representatives. Though the Representatives admitted the health benefits of breastfeeding, they insisted that it is an issue best left out of the public domain as "no woman has to be forced to breast fee ...

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has warned medical and health workers to desist from what it describes as indiscriminate and incessant resort to industrial action as a means of resolving disputes, saying the continuous use of strike will worsen the nation’s healthcare services. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on the outcome of the association’s national health summit, the President of the NMA, D ...

The global Polio Eradication Initiative at the World Health Organisation says Nigeria is not on track to achieve eradication of polio despite the adequate tools and capacity to reverse the rising trends. An official of the global body, Doctor Bruce Aylward made the observation at the expert review committee meeting on polio eradication and routine immunization in Abuja. Doctor Alyward said if a country such ...

On this edition of Health Matters,our health correspondent Yomi Otaigbe finds the healthy ways to cope with grief and loss from a consultant psychiatrist and  clinical psychologist with Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital,Yaba Lagos, Dr. Richard Adebayo. ...

A medical practitioner and Medical Director of Isolo Estate Clinic,Dr.Olatunde Olusunmade discusses Measles as an infection, symptoms and its solution with our Health Correspondent and Health News Presenter Yomi Otaigbe. Enjoy as you watch. ...

The Attorney General of  Lagos state and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeola Ipaye says it would be wrong for anyone or group of persons to accuse the state government of flouting court procedures in respect of the sacked doctors. Addressing journalists today in Alausa, Mr Ipaye explained that as much as the Lagos state government was willing to resolve the matter in the interest of all, the doctors made t ...