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The federal government has explained that the exit of pharmaceuticals from Nigeria was due to the non-domestication of their products in the country. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this disclosure at a World Cancer Day symposium organised by Project Pink Blue with the theme: “Economy, Tax and […]
Trade Union Council (TUC), Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB), and National Union of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), yesterday, protested at the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) against the ban on manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets. Vice chairman of […]
Members of the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria have said they are storming the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to protest against the ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets. In an invite sent to The PUNCH on Monday, the association said the protest […]
Jumia and Konga, two of Nigeria’s online markets, have delisted Crusader medicated soap, a cancer-causing cosmetic product, on their platforms. This came after FIJ reported that the two stores and some others were still selling the product banned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for the health hazards it […]
Recent studies have shown that COVID-19 and its aftermath, otherwise called ‘Long COVID’, thrives in Nigeria and other developing countries unreported, because of little or no testing. Not only is the prevalence of Long COVID poorly understood, but also often ignored by physicians and the wider public, CHUKWUMA MUANYA writes. Long COVID is a complex […]
The General Manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Babatunde Ajayi, talks to VICTOR AYENI about the recent ban on styrofoam in the state and the agency’s plans to tackle pollution across the state Last week, the Lagos State Government announced a ban on the distribution and use of polystyrene (styrofoam) and other […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the recent publication claiming that paracetamol drugs in Nigeria are under-dosed is fake. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Adeyeye said that the publication was a disservice […]
The Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board has begun the sealing up of premises of traditional birth attendants and unauthorized maternity homes as part of effort to sanitise the traditional medicine practice in the state. The exercise was carried out in Ebute-Metta, Agege and Dopemu environs in collaboration with the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps. The board’s […]
The Lagos State Government has vowed to impose sanctions on traditional medical practitioners operating in the state if they fail to register their premises with Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board (LSTMB). The LSTMB Registrar, Babatunde Adele, made this known in a statement on Sunday, ordering all traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practitioners, to regularise their […]
While many people may wonder how to prevent prostate cancer, there’s no one way to avoid the disease. Staying healthy as you age, or working to reverse existing health problems, can lower your risk. However, like all cancers, prostate cancer has certain risk factors that cannot be avoided. Things You Can’t Change: Age, Race and […]
