Tag: diabetes
11.2m Nigerians living with diabetes
No fewer than 11.2 million Nigerians are presently living with the disease, the Diabetes Association of Nigeria has said.
President of the association, Dr. Alkali...
NAFDAC approves varsity’s herbal medicine for diabetes
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) has certified the use of a herbal drug, GLUCOZIL, for the treatment of...
To tackle diabetes, obesity, FG introduces N10 excise duty on beverages
The Federal Government has introduced excise duty of N10 per litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages.
The N10 levy was aimed at discouraging...
Diabetes: Insulin still out of reach, 100 years after its discovery...
A century after it was discovered, insulin still remains out of reach for many people living with diabetes, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said...
