August 30, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Must Revisit Poor Remuneration of Doctors to Stop Migration Abroad - NMA
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August 28, 2022
Nigeria: Covid-19 Vaccines Produced in Nigeria Will Meet International Standards - NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, weekend assured Nigerians that COVID-19 vaccines produced in Nigeria will meet international standards… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Nigeria: Brain Drain - There Are Enough Medical Doctors in Nigeria - Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says there are actually enough medical doctors in the country but that the Federal Government is working toward replacing any medical… Read more »
Nigeria: Health Financing - WHO Gives Garki Hospital Pass Mark
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has commended the health financing approach that is in place at the Garki Hospital, Abuja. Read more »
August 23, 2022
Nigeria: First Vaccine Against Malaria Not for Adults - Govt
The Federal Government has said that the first malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), will be administered in four doses to 5-month-old babies. Read more »
August 16, 2022
Nigeria: Monkeypox Remains Threat to Public Health, Disease Experts Insist
As the World Health Organisation, WHO at the weekend named the new virus variants of monkeypox making waves across regions, Nigerian public health experts have warned that the… Read more »
August 14, 2022
Nigeria: LifeBank, Nasarawa State Partners to Digitize Medical Oxygen Demand
LifeBank, a healthtech that enables hospitals to access medical supplies through its digital marketplace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nasarawa State Government… Read more »
August 05, 2022
Nigeria: Medical Feat! Lagos Hospital Performs Successful Open-Heart Surgery On 13-Day-Old Baby
Lagos-based Tristate Hospital, Lekki, has successfully carried out complicated open heart surgery on a 13-day-old baby. The unnamed baby was born with a rare congenital abnormality… Read more »
August 03, 2022
Nigeria: Health Insurance - 83m Vulnerable Nigerians to Benefit in NHIA Act - Sambo
A total of 83 million vulnerable Nigerians are to benefit from compulsory health insurance in the recently assented National Health Insurance Authority Act,NHIA Act,by President… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Nigeria: Meet Moji Animasaun, Former Radiologist Building a Cancer Supercentre in Nigeria
With a view to raising the funds urgently required to build a comprehensive cancer therapy centre, St. Cyril's Cancer Centre, a nongovernmental organisation, NGO has launched an… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria At Moderate Risk of Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak - NCDC
In view of the proximity of Nigeria to its neighbouring Ghana where the Marburg virus had been discovered, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said the country was at… Read more »
July 13, 2022
Nigeria: How Health Ministry Officials Mismanaged N5.7bn Donor Agency Fund - Senate
The Senate has uncovered how some officials of the Ministry of Health mismanaged over N5.7 billion from donor agencies. Read more »
July 06, 2022
Nigeria: Kano Targets 12m Children for Malaria Chemoprevention
Kano State Government yesterday said it was targetting 12 million children below the age of five years for the July to October round of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention… Read more »
July 01, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Reports 204 Suspected Cases of Monkeypox in 6 Months - NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has disclosed that between January and June, the country has recorded a total of 204 suspected Monkeypox, MPX, cases out of which 62… Read more »
June 29, 2022
Nigeria: Throw Chief Medical Director's Position Open to All Health Workers, NUAHP Tells Federal, State Govts
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, has demanded immediate end to restriction of Chief Medical Director's position in hospitals to only medical doctors,… Read more »
June 28, 2022
Nigeria: World No Tobacco Day - 30,000 Nigerians Die Yearly From Illnesses Caused By Tobacco - WHO
THE World Health Organization, WHO, yesterday said that an estimated 30,000 Nigerians lose their lives yearly from illnesses caused by tobacco. Read more »
Nigeria: Monkeypox - NCDC Blames Nigerians for Not Following Preventive Measures
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigerians are not following the preventive measures against the current outbreak of Monkeypox. Read more »
June 27, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria, Others to Benefit From $18bn Support to End Malaria
Nigeria, Kigali and other African counties are to benefit from the $18 billion support to end malaria as global change makers including David Beckham, Pierre Aubameyang, Yemi… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Nigeria: Prioritise Menstrual Health of Adolescent Girls, NRHJN Charges Govt, Private Sector
Dozens of adolescent girls at the Iju Senior Grammar School, Obawole, in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State have been sensitised on the adoption of good hygiene during… Read more »
June 16, 2022
West Africa: Ecowas Cautions Member States On Monkeypox
President, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Commission, Jean-Claude Brou, has cautioned member states on the spread of Monkeypox. Read more »
June 14, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Far From Achieving 100% Voluntary Blood Donation - NBTS
There is little to cheer as Nigeria joins the rest of the world today to mark this year's World Blood Donor Day as designed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Read more »
June 13, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Experts Worry As Dearth of Analytical Labs Threatens Quality of Products, Services
With over 1,200 registered public analysts, the Society of Testing Laboratory Analysts of Nigeria, SoTLAN, has raised the alarm over acute shortage of analytical laboratories in… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Nigeria: How to Mitigate Cancer Surge in Nigeria - Experts
As Nigeria battles rising cases of cancer, medical experts have called on Nigerians to live a lifestyle that will promote healthy living. Read more »
June 06, 2022
Nigeria: After Fighting Cancer in His Father, Dozy Mmobuosi Turns Attention to Nigerians
Nigerians, especially men now have a chance to escape untimely death through prostrate cancer as the Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation yesterday in Lagos offered a sustainable solution… Read more »
Nigeria: Monkeypox - Deploy Appropriate Measures to Avert Spread, CITAD Tells Govt
Alarmed by the outbreak of Monkeypox virus in some states across Nigeria, Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD, has called on the Federal Government to urgently… Read more »