January 05, 2023
Nigeria: Ending the Scourge of Cholera
In its latest report, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced a total of 19,228 suspected cases of cholera, including 466 deaths in 2022. Read more »
January 04, 2023
Nigeria: Increasing Assault On Health Workers
It is becoming commonplace for hospitals and healthcare facilities in Nigeria to paste warnings to patients and their relatives on the rights of doctors and nurses to carry out… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Nigeria: Yuletide - FCTA Heightens Surveillance System On Cholera, Ebola, Others
In a bid to avert an outbreak of deadly diseases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Administration (FCTA) has heightened its disease surveillance system against key… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Nigeria: Federal Govt Cancels Covid-19 Test for All Travellers
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), yesterday, said pre-departure and post-arrival COVID-19 PCR tests are no longer required for all passengers coming into the country,… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Nigeria: Federal Govt Suspends Covid-19 PCR Tests, Face Mask At Airports
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Monday, said pre-departure and post-arrival COVID-19 PCR tests are no longer required for all passengers coming into the country,… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Nigeria: Stemming Open Defecation in Nigeria
"We live on water; it is part of our culture and defecating on the water is the only option we have left, as we cannot afford to buy improved sanitation facilities, the son of the… Read more »
Nigeria: HIV - UN Women Lament Continued Mother-to-Child Transmission
United Nations (UN) Women and Association of Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN) have decried poor investments in community systems to drive and prevent… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Nigeria: Cross River to Deworm 800,000 School Children
All is now set by the Cross River State government to deworm about 800,000 children in the school-based deworming exercise. Read more »
November 21, 2022
Nigeria: Stakeholders Step Up Preparations for Toilet Day Summit
As the Federal Ministry of Water Resources prepares to organise a World Toilet Summit in Nigeria to create awareness against open defecation and the importance of building toilets… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Nigeria: Scare of the Ebola Virus
An upsurge in Ebola cases in some African countries, specifically Uganda, has raised some concerns about the disease re-entering Nigeria. A media report actually talked about the… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria At Risk of Importing Ebola Virus, NCDC Warns
Following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Ugandan, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has alerted that Nigeria is at high risk of Importation of the… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Nigeria: Universal Health Coverage - Nigeria Urged On 'Strategic Purchasing' for More Health Outcomes
As Nigeria strives towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), stakeholders in the health sector have urged on strategic purchasing by ensuring that available resources are properly… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Has 1 Pharmacist to 14,000 Nigerians, PSN Laments
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has charged the federal government to stem the tide of mass exodus of pharmacists overseas for greener pastures. Read more »
October 26, 2022
Nigeria: MSF Treats 58 Lassa Fever Patients in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State project coordinator of Medecins Sans Frontieres also known as Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Mr. Elton Mbofana, has said 58 Lassa fever patients were treated and… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Nigeria: 2 Years of Polio Free - Emeka Offor Urges Sustenance of Gains
Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, Sir Emeka Offor has stressed the need for the nation to bolster efforts to sustain the eradication of wild polio in Nigeria as the… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Nigeria: Brain Drain in Health Sector Worsens - Nigeria Now Has One Doctor to 10, 000 Patients, Says NIPSS
The long-running depletion of Nigeria's health workforce has taken a turn for the worse with the doctor-to-patient ratio in the country now 1:10,000 as against the World Health… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Nigeria: Why Nigeria Remains Fertile Breeding Ground for Cholera Outbreak
There is no end in sight to Nigeria's battle with recurrent cholera outbreak as the country's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices remain poor. Read more »
October 14, 2022
Nigeria: Mental Health - Treatment Gap Remains Substantially Wide - Federal Govt
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said though most mental health conditions can be effectively treated at relatively low cost, the gap between people needing care and… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: Bauchi Health Agency Targets 1.9m Children for Measles Vaccination
Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has targeted over 1.9 million children for this year's measles and men immunisation campaign in the state. Read more »
Nigeria: World Mental Health Day - Nigerians Urged to Imbibe Positive Psychology
As Nigeria joined the global community to mark this year's Mental Health Day, psychiatrists have urged Nigerians on positive mental health. Read more »
October 07, 2022
Nigeria: 130 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Found in 16 States - NPHCDA
National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that 130 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) have been detected in 47 local government areas… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Nigeria: 34 States Fail to Meet 15 Percent Health Funding Benchmark - Report
A new health report by The ONE Campaign has revealed that Nigeria's health budget as a percentage of the total budget is declining and that public health allocations by state… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Nigeria: GMOs Flood Nigerian Markets, As Federal Govt Urged to Examine Biosafety Guidelines
Over 30 different products mostly imported from USA, China, India and South Africa, labelled to be produced with genetically modified ingredients are in the Nigerian market, a… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Nigeria: Yobe Committed to Fighting Malaria, Other Preventable Diseases - Buni
The Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni said his administration remained committed towards fighting malaria among other preventable diseases across the state. Read more »
Nigeria: Health Workers Threaten Strike Over Federal Govt's Neglect of Sector
Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has threatened to embark on a 2-week industrial action in the health sector if the federal government fails to pay… Read more »