Nigeria: Mosquito Day - Declare Emergency On Malaria, Reps Urge Federal Govt

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on Malaria, describing it as a deadly dead with potential to inflict woes on… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Records 15% Improvement on Health Security

Nigeria has recorded 54 percent in the second Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of the country's health security capacities. Read more »

Nigeria: Exclusive Breastfeeding Can Prevent Breast, Ovarian Cancers, Says NAFDAC DG

The director general of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged nursing mothers to always espouse optimal… Read more »

Nigeria: Only 25% of Nigeria's Primary Healthcare Centres Functioning - Investigation

Six years after immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, kicked off a scheme to revitalise over 10,000 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) across Nugeria, only less than 25 per… Read more »

Nigeria: Diphtheria Kills 83 in 7 States, FCT

National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that Nigeria has recorded 836 confirmed cases of diphtheria in 33 local government areas across eight states and… Read more »

Nigeria: First Lady, UN Partner to Eradicate Polio, Enhance Child Welfare

First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, has expressed her eagerness to collaborate with the United Nations (UN) and its affiliated agencies to address crucial issues concerning… Read more »

Nigeria: Resident Doctors' Strike Cripples Hospitals

Hospital services in public hospitals in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were disrupted yesterday following the indefinite strike embarked upon by medical doctors… Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Wants Vulnerable Nigerians Immunised Against Diphtheria

The Senate has mandated the Federal Ministry of Health to, as a matter of urgency, commence immunisation of vulnerable Nigerians against diphtheria disease following the death of… Read more »

Nigeria: Resident Doctors Declare Indefinite Strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Tuesday night, declared an indefinite strike action over what it described as failure of government to meet the demands of… Read more »

Nigeria: WHO, USAID to Tackle Malnutrition Among North East Children

The World Health Organisation (WHO) with funding from USAID and the government of Germany has distributed severe acute malnutrition kits to over eight non- governmental… Read more »

Nigeria: NAHCON to Sanction State Boards Over Pregnant Pilgrims

Miffed with the high number of pregnant women to Saudi Arabia for the just concluded 2023 Hajj exercise, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has threatened to sanction… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Confirms 798 Diphtheria Cases, 80 Deaths in 8 States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 798 confirmed cases of diphtheria, resulting in 80 deaths, between December 2022 and June 30th, 2023. These cases were… Read more »

Nigeria: Open Defecation - Why Nigeria Needs 3.9m Toilets Annually

With less than two years to meet the open defecation practice target, 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, while 95 million are without access to basic sanitation… Read more »

Nigeria: Still On the Menace of Baby Factories

Curiously, and in spite of efforts by security and other agencies of government to combat the onslaught of criminal- minded Nigerians with the devious intention to turn baby-making… Read more »

Nigeria: Anthrax - Concerns As Low Sensitisation Puts Nigeria At Risk of Possible Outbreak

There are currently concerns over a potential outbreak of Anthrax in Nigeria due to the poor sensitisation of citizens on the awareness and dangers associated with the disease. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Promises Support for Eradicating Polio, Measles, Malaria in Nigeria, Africa

President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any country to develop, the health of its people, particularly… Read more »

Nigeria: World Sickle Cell Day

June 19th is designated every year to mark World Sickle Cell Day. This international awareness day aims to increase public knowledge and understanding of sickle cell disease, as… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Organisation Laments Shortage of Blood in Banks

A non-governmental health organisation, Haima Health Initiative, has lamented the shortage of blood in blood banks in Nigeria, calling on Nigerians to save lives by regularly… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Seeks Global Fund's Support in Fighting AIDS, TB, Malaria

The Federal Government of Nigeria has sought for a sustained intervention from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in consolidating its gain in the fight… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Initiative Urges Nigerians to Donate Blood to Save Lives

Ahead of 2023 World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), a health organisation, Haima Health Initiative, has called on Nigerians to show care by going out to donate blood voluntarily to save… Read more »

Nigeria: Pfizer Moves to Check High Prevalence of Stroke in Nigeria

Pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer has relaunched Eliquis, an anticoagulant, to address the continued increase in the prevalence of stroke due to heart condition called atrial… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Ranks 37 As Mauritius, Egypt Top Diabetes Prevalence List in Africa

Mauritius and Egypt have the highest diabetes prevalence in Africa at 22.60 percent and 20.90 percent respectively, according to statistics from Our World In Data. Read more »

Nigeria: Universal Health Coverage for 55m Nigerians Minimum Target - Osinbajo

Achieving Universal Health Coverage for all Nigerians is the focus and essence of the Health Reform Report and Draft Bills proposed by the Presidential Health Reform Committee,… Read more »

Nigeria: Borno Wins $1.2m in Leadership Challenge for Primary Healthcare

Borno State has emerged as the top-performing state in Nigeria's Leadership Challenge for Primary Healthcare delivery. Read more »

Nigeria: Resident Doctors' Warning Strike Cripples Public Hospitals

Activities in public hospitals in various parts of the country were paralysed yesterday as resident doctors began a five-day warning strike. Read more »