Nigeria: AfDB, EIB, IDB, Who Launch New Investment Platform to Strengthen Primary Healthcare

In a landmark development aimed at investing in and strengthening essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health care services in low- and low-and-middle income countries,… Read more »

Nigeria: Tackling Sickle Cell Anaemia

All critical stakeholders should work towards curtailing the disease Read more »

Nigeria: We've Recorded Birth of 3102 Babies, Says Bridge Clinics

A fertility specialist hospital, Bridge Clinics has disclosed that its facility has achieved the safe delivery of 3102 babies, since inception, in 1999. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt, Global Alliance Sign MOU On Nutrition

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have signed a Memorandum of… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Signs Memorandum of Understanding With Doctors to End Warning Strike

The federal government has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Experts Warn Against Stigmatising People With Tuberculosis

Health Experts, yesterday, warned against discriminating and stigmatising people affected by Tuberculosis (TB), noting that this discourages them from coming out for treatment. Read more »

Nigeria: NAFDAC Raises Concern Over Danger Posed By Imported Pesticides

The Director General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, has expressed worry over the dangers posed by… Read more »

Nigeria: Amid Severe Economic Impact On Poultry, Govt Sticks to No-Vaccination Policy Against Bird Flu

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has declared that the federal government's policy on 'No Vaccination' for control of the Highly Pathogenic… Read more »

Nigeria: Cancer Scare - NAFDAC Extends Test to Other Brands of Noodles

The management of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it is expanding its test for the presence of the killer seasoning,… Read more »

Nigeria: Ooni Lauds Cavista Nigeria's Interventions in Healthcare

His Imperial Majesty, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, recently visited the Lagos offices of Cavista Nigeria and lauded its founder and chairman Niyi Olajide for his strides in… Read more »

Nigeria: John Olajide's Record-breaking Moves

If the US-based technology entrepreneur Niyi John Olajide was to scribble his grass-to-grace story, it would make a sold-out blockbuster movie at the box office. His story teaches… Read more »

Nigeria: Fresh Crisis Looms As Resident Doctors Issue Govt Two-Week Ultimatum Over Demands

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on strike if the federal government fails to meet its demands within two weeks. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Not Among 8 African Countries Expected to Meet 2025 Global Technical Strategy Target - WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that Nigeria is not among the eight countries in Africa expected to meet the 2025 Global Technical Strategy target on malaria incidence… Read more »

Nigeria: Meningitis Kills 118 in 22 States

Cerebrospinal meningitis has killed at least 118 persons in 22 states across 79 local government areas in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: NAFDAC Approves Clinical Malaria Vaccine for Children

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted registration approval for R21 Malaria Vaccine (Recombinant, Adjuvanted). Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Approves Malaria Vaccine

National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) has granted registration approval for R21 Malaria Vaccine (Recombinant, Adjuvanted). Read more »

Nigeria: 66.6% Eligible Population Vaccinated With Covid-19 Vaccines - Govt

The federal government has said a total of 71,477,351 Nigeria residents have been fully vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines as at April 1, 2023, representing 61.6 percent of the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Annual Trade Volume Rises to Near Pre-Covid Level

The 169 per cent year-on-year increase in trade surplus recorded by the federal government for 2022 has almost put Nigeria's annual trade volume at the positive threshold of the… Read more »

Nigeria: WellaHealth Promises Affordable, Quality Healthcare in Nigeria

Nigeria-based WellaHealth, a technology-driven healthcare startup, is democratising access to quality and timely healthcare through basic health insurance coverage in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: One Woman Dies Every Two Minutes Due to Pregnancy or Childbirth - UN Agencies

*70% of maternal deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria, U.S. Agree to Spend Alamieyeseigha's Repatriated $1m Loot On Healthcare in Bayelsa

Nigeria and the United States of America have entered into an agreement to invest nearly $1 million repatriated from the US in the healthcare sector of Bayelsa State. Read more »

Nigeria: Death From Unlatched-Containers

The regulators should be up to their responsibility Read more »

Nigeria: Engaging Boys, Men in Conversation to End Female Genital Mutilation By 2030

With just seven years left to achieve the target of ending female genital mutilation, FGM, - the total or partial removal of the external female genitalia - the United Nations… Read more »

Nigeria: Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation in 2030 At Risk - UN

The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm that 4.3 million girls were at risk of female genital mutilation in 2023 worldwide, with Nigeria ranking third on the globe. Read more »

Nigeria: Edo Confirms 132 Cases of Lassa Fever, Records Two More Deaths

Edo State has recorded seven more confirmed cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 132. Read more »