May 31, 2022
Nigeria: Triggering the Next Global Health Crisis - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
In two weeks, the World Trade Organization's 164 member nations-from Nigeria to Nicaragua and Angola to Argentina-will vote on an unprecedented petition to waive intellectual… Read more »
Nigeria: Monkeypox - No U.S.-Controlled Laboratories in Nigeria, Says Embassy
United States government has denied allegations regarding the use of US-assisted Nigerian laboratories in the spread of monkeypox in Nigeria Read more »
May 25, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Receives 4.4 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines
The federal government yesterday received 4,400,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Government and people of Spain to Nigeria. Read more »
May 24, 2022
Nigeria: New Health Insurance Act Doesn't Impose Telecoms Tax, Says NHIA
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said the new National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari does not make… Read more »
May 20, 2022
Africa: Experts Move to Adopt New Strategies to Boost Post-Covid-19 Air Transport in Africa
For one week, aviation experts from Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) region met in Abuja to brainstorm on how to revive air transport system in Africa, which has been devastated by… Read more »
May 19, 2022
Nigeria: Ensuring Universal Health Coverage in Gombe
During his inauguration as the fourth executive Governor of Gombe State on May 29, 2019, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya vowed to provide an enabling and conducive environment aimed… Read more »
May 18, 2022
Nigeria: Inside Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital - Tales of Mismanagement, Malfeasance
The staff of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, Anambra, are worried about the financial malfeasance that has gripped the institution since… Read more »
May 12, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari Commends Okwuosa On Inauguration of Dialysis Centre in Anambra
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Oilserv, Engineer Emeka Okwuosa, on the inauguration of a world-class hospital built by his… Read more »
May 03, 2022
Nigeria: Edo Flags Off Neonatal Mortality Initiative, Trains Medical Personnel
The Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has flagged off the 'Helping Babies Survive' training aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal mortality in the state. Read more »
May 02, 2022
Nigeria: 29 Imo Communities Abandon Female Genital Mutilation Practice
As the world goes against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), 29 communities in Oguta Local Government of Imo State have reiterated their firm decision to abandon the… Read more »
April 29, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Accounts for 115 Million Cases of Genital Mutilation Globally, Says Govt
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen yesterday said Nigeria has the highest number of cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the world, accounting for about 115… Read more »
April 22, 2022
Nigeria: Stakeholders Tasked to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation in Osun
In an effort to eradicate female genital mutilation(FGM), civil societies organisations (CSOs), non-governmental organisations, government workers, and media practitioners in Osun… Read more »
April 29, 2022
Nigeria: Arik Air Donates Food Items to Orphanage Homes
Arik Air has donated food and sundry items to the SOS Children's Village Isolo, Lagos; Uyiosa Orphanage Home, Benin City and All Saints Orphanage Home, Effurun, Warri. Read more »
April 28, 2022
Nigeria: FCT Recorded 289,957 Malaria Cases in 2021
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has reported that it recorded 289,000 malaria cases in 2021. Read more »
April 27, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Got $200m World Bank Loan for Malaria Intervention - Govt
The National Malaria Elimination Programme yesterday said the World Bank was providing $200 million loan to fund malaria intervention programme in 13 states of the Federation. Read more »
April 26, 2022
Nigeria: Malaria Killed Over 602,000 People in Nigeria, Others in 2021 - WHO
As the world yesterday marked the World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that no fewer than 602,000 people died of malaria in Nigeria and other… Read more »
Nigeria: Obaseki Pledges Quality Healthcare, As Edo Begins Free Treatment, Surgeries for Heart, Kidney, Others
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his government would sustain efforts at ensuring a resilient and equitable health system to deliver quality health care… Read more »
Nigeria: WHO Deploys 9 Million Doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine in 9 States
As part of efforts to arrest cholera outbreak in Nigeria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has approved the deployment of approximately nine million doses of Oral… Read more »
April 23, 2022
Nigeria: The High Prevalence of Malaria
A lot of lives can be saved by observing basic hygiene standards, writes Daniel Ighakpe Read more »
April 22, 2022
Nigeria: 160m Nigerians Lack Basic Sanitation, Say UNICEF, WHO
A joint report by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) titled: "Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa 2000 to… Read more »
April 21, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari to Health Minister - Submit Progress Report On Covid-19 Local Vaccine Production By May
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire to submit a progress report on the indigenous production of COVID-19 vaccines in the country by… Read more »
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Claims 20, Others Hospitalised in Kogi
The outbreak of Lassa fever in Aya in Machagba communities, Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State has led to the death of at least 20 persons while others who reportedly… Read more »
Nigeria: Covid-19 - Ekiti to Vaccinate 1.5m, Targets HIV/Aids Patients
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April 16, 2022
West Africa: Vaccine Production - West African Scientists Converge in Ghana April 20
Medical Laboratory and Research Scientists from across West Africa will on April 20 converge in Accra, Ghanaian to deliberate on how West Africa can build needed local capacity for… Read more »
April 20, 2022
Nigeria: MSF Launches Children's Health Intervention in Kebbi
The medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has launched a new children's health intervention in Kebbi state. Read more »