LAGOS — Fertility and reproductive health experts have said it is unsafe for women who just experience miscarriage to get pregnant immediately. The experts explained that after a pregnancy loss, there is a raw wound in the uterus that takes about three months to heal properly. According to them, medically, a woman is expected to wait for at least three to six months before attempting to get pregnant again. A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at...

The Minister of State for Health, Adeleke Mamora, has called for the removal of all barriers hindering the growth of traditional medicine in Nigeria and Africa. He was speaking at an event organised by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development in Nigeria (NIPRD) to seek ways of improving the traditional medicine industry in Africa. Mamora explained that traditional medicine is part and parcel of the culture of Africa and must be encouraged to...

The Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Emmanuel Shior said about two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are presently in 27 camps in Benue State, has said. Shior, while flagging-off the months’ distribution of relief materials to the IDPs in Makurdi, said the camps were made up of seven official and 20 unofficial camps scattered across the State. He lamented the worsening humanitarian crisis in the State occasioned by the frequent attacks...