In Nigeria, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) serves as the regulatory body responsible for enforcing maritime safety, labour standards, and seafarers’ welfare. Through ...

These deaths are mainly due to suicide, drug overdoses and alcoholism, according to a comprehensive assessment of mortality causes published in 'The Lancet.' ...

Nigeria’s life expectancy may continue to be low if poverty, hunger, food insecurity, and poor access to healthcare continue ...

Across the globe, other reanimated corpses crop up in local folklore, often reflecting fears of improper burial, violent ...

A Lancet study by the Global Burden of Disease project reveals non-communicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, and ...

Global study reveals young adult mortality rates stagnant despite overall decline, highlighting need for addressing risk ...

Global mortality rates have fallen by 67% since 1950, but youth deaths are increasing worldwide. Discover the key causes behind this paradox and what global health experts are saying about it.

The main causes of youth deaths were shown to be injury, violence, suicide, road traffic accidents and substance abuse.

Findings show that most pneumococcal serotypes now circulating in Bangladesh are not well covered by the existing PCV-10 vaccine, which has been successfully used in the national Expanded Programme on ...

Dengue has been a public health problem in the tropical world for decades and 2024 saw a global dengue surge, with more than ...

Not long ago, obesity was popularly considered a disease of affluence — the product of excess and overindulgence. Today, ...