The deadly kwashiorkor disease that was so much associated with the Biafra war has made a return to peacetime Nigeria.

Dr Foluso Balogun, a paediatrician at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has said that for the first time in many years, children with kwashiorkor are seen in his part of the country.

AIMS To determine risk factors for abnormal intestinal permeability in kwashiorkor, and to measure changes in L-R ratios with inpatient rehabilitation. DESIGN A case-control study of 149 kwashiorkor ...

The Ghana Non Communicable Diseases Alliance (NCD) has revealed that stroke is emerging as a significant health crisis in ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a December 1 ultimatum for all state governments to implement the new national ...

The NLC has directed workers to embark on a strike in states where the new minimum wage is not implemented by 30.

The 20th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, was indeed a night to remember, as African cinema’s finest gathered at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Ikeja GRA, Lagos, for the ...

Not only is the food we consume linked to prevention of diseases of dietary deficiency such as scurvy, pellagra, and Kwashiorkor, so too is it related to ... "Let food be thy medicine" - a mantra ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has given state governments an ultimatum of Dec. 1, to implement the new minimum wage. The NLC ...

“Access to energy has become a mirage while workers become increasingly poorer even as they work longer hours to meet their ...

“Access to energy has become a mirage while workers become increasingly poorer even as they work longer hours to meet their ...

For Ganesh Chaturthi Puja 21 leaves are used. The leaves are also known as Ganesh Patris. Below are the pictures of 21 leaves used during Vinayaka Chaturthi. Traditionally leaves of 108 different ...