Nigeria: Family Planning Outreach in Sokoto in Honour of DKT Founder, Phil Harvey

In a commendable effort to promote family planning and emphasize the benefits of contraceptive methods and reproductive health services for the community, a two-day family planning… Read more »

Nigeria: Smile360 Wins Big At Nhea, Boasts Advanced Technology

Again, Smile360 Dental Specialist Clinic has won the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) for Best Dental Service Provider for the eighth consecutive time. Read more »

Nigeria: Evercare, Medei, Commences Advanced Cochlear Implant Surgery in Nigeria

Leading healthcare providers in Nigeria, Evercare Hospital Lekki and Medical Electronics (MedEl) have announced the commencement of advanced Cochlear implant surgery in Nigeria to… Read more »

Nigeria: Glo, Axa Mansard Health Launch Health Insurance Scheme

Globacom has launched the Glo Health Insurance package, an affordable micro-health insurance plan, offered in collaboration with AXA Mansard Health Insurance to provide access to… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Targets Optimal Health Outcomes Through Research Innovations

The federal government yesterday, launched what it described as strategic health research development aimed at achieving optimal health outcomes for all its citizens. Read more »

Nigeria: Ending the Aids Pandemic

Leaders need to commit more resources to contain the scourge, reckons Read more »

Nigeria: PMG - Man Commends FG Executive Order On Pharmaceuticals, Seeks Timeline for Implementation

... Advocates for upward valuation of the naira to achieve 70% local drug production Read more »

Nigeria: Flooding - FG, Experts Seek Solution to Mitigate Climate Change Disasters, Cholera Outbreak

Experts have tasked the federal and state governments on the need for a system-wide solution to mitigate risks associated natural disasters. Read more »

Nigeria: Experts Worry Over Increased Heart Failure Cases, Brainstorm Interventions

Medical experts composed of international and Nigerian professors who conveyed in Lagos State recently expressed concern over increased cases of heart failure in Africa and urged… Read more »

Nigeria: CSO Seeks Govt's Permission to Run Public Health Programme in Kogi

A civil society group, the Amnesty International, Kogi State Chapter, has sought the permission of the Kogi State government , Ministry of Health ,Ministry of environment and other… Read more »

Nigeria: Suspended Abia Health Commissioner, Ngozi Okoronkwo, Resigns

The suspended Abia State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, has resigned from Governor Alex Otti's cabinet, bringing to three the number of commissioners that have taken… Read more »

Nigeria: The Challenge of Routine Immunisation

The health authorities should ensure all children are immunised and protected Read more »

Nigeria: Pate and Tinubu's Health Agenda

Paul A. Obi urges the need to strengthen healthcare as part of the mechanism for redressing social inequalities in the country Read more »

West Africa: Listing Achievements As Ecowas Chair, Tinubu Says Bloc Still Faces Many Threats

*Discloses standby force already activated to counter terrorism with a $4m lifeline Read more »

Nigeria: Soaring Costs of Essential Medications - Nigerians' Health At Risk'

Food and transportation inflation may dominate the headlines, because they affect the majority. However, a crucial issue, often overlooked, is the staggering surge in the cost of… Read more »

Nigeria: Who Benefits From Local Government Autonomy?

AYODELE OKUNFOLAMI argues that local governments should not be political entities but administrative departments of states Read more »

Nigeria: 102 Under-5 Deaths Occur Per 1,000 Births in Nigeria - Unicef

A report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has put under-five mortality rate in Nigeria at about 102 per 1,000 live births. Read more »

Nigeria: Agusto & Co. Foresees Robust Growth in Managed Assets, to Surpass N10tn By 2025

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Nigeria: Ooni Unveils International Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Urges End to Foreign Medical Tourism

The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR Ojaja II, has unveiled the Equity Health Group; a pioneering healthcare conglomerate dedicated to… Read more »

Nigeria: Luth Emerges Best Cancer Centre in Nigeria

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, last weekend emerged the Most Outstanding Oncology Centre in the country at the 10th Nigeria Healthcare Excellence Awards, NHEA, held… Read more »

Nigeria: Tela Maize Controversy - A Threat to Nigeria's Health, Environment, Sovereignty and Food Security?

In a bid to boost food production and improve pest resistance, Nigeria has embraced Tela maize, a genetically modified crop hailed by its proponents as a revolutionary solution to… Read more »

Nigeria: Helping Those Addicted to Drugs

All the critical stakeholders should do more to stem the drug menace Read more »

Nigeria: Experts Call for Water Quality Testing in Lagos, Ogun States

Society for Testing Laboratory Analysts of Nigeria (SOTLAN) has urged the government to conduct comprehensive water quality testing in areas affected by cholera outbreak in Lagos… Read more »

Africa: 90% of Global Tramadol Seizures in Past Five Years Occurred in Africa - UNODC

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), has disclosed that 90 per cent of tramadol seized globally in the past five years occurred in Africa, predominantly in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Stemming Nigeria's Medical Tourism

The establishment of Godwin Maduka's Medical University will help in curbing medical tourism, reckons Kalu Okoronkwo Read more »