Nigeria: Ondo Prepared to Prevent, Combat Cholera Outbreak - Official

The Ondo State health commissioner appealed to citizens to maintain a high level of personal and food hygiene and report promptly to the hospital in case of diarrhoea and vomiting. Read more »

Nigeria: Oyo Govt Issues Health Alert Over Suspected Cholera Cases

The health commissioner said the two suspected cases in Ibadan are males who worked at a construction site in Lekki Peninsula in Lagos State. Read more »

Nigeria: Inside Yobe Govt's Fight Against Kidney Diseases

Since the launch of the intervention, the CMD said the hospital conducts an average of 60 free dialysis sessions a week, with each session costing N50,000. Read more »

Nigeria: NCDC Alerts On Cholera Outbreak in Nigeria, Records 30 Deaths

According to the NCDC, 10 states contributed 90 per cent to the burden of cholera. Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Issues Guidelines As Cholera Kills Five in Two Days

As of 28 April 2024, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that Nigeria has recorded 815 suspected cholera cases and 14 deaths across 25 states. Read more »

Nigeria: Rural Women Bear the Brunt of Nigeria's Worsening Healthcare Crisis

Many health centres in rural Nigerian communities lack adequate personnel and equipment. Read more »

Nigeria: NAHCON Secures Release of Seven Nigerian Pilgrims Arrested in Saudi

The pilgrims were arrested at different locations in Mecca between Monday and Saturday. Read more »

Nigeria: Let's Talk STD - Sexually Transmitted Distinction

In a country and a season in which candour is not always seen as a virtue, those who make it the currency of their daily lives are either idolised, endangered or idolised into… Read more »

Nigeria: Malaria 2030 - NMEP Tasks Nigerians On Behavioural Change to Achieve Target

According to Mr Ntadom, "human behaviour" contributes to the challenges in the fight against malaria in Nigeria. Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC, Mastercard Foundation Strengthen Africa's Health System

Recently, the Africa CDC, in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation under the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative made its biggest equipment donation valued at over… Read more »

Nigeria: Minimum Wage - While Workers' Strike Lasted, Hospitals Offered Skeletal Services in Nigeria's Capital City

PREMIUM TIMES found that across various hospitals, complex cases requiring more serious procedures were not attended to as only medical doctors were at work while healthcare… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Security - Nigerian Agency Inaugurates National Genomics Consortium

NCDC said the consortium will serve as a coordination and oversight body responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the NCDC's genomic surveillance strategy. Read more »

Nigeria: Half of Global Population Lacks Essential Health Care - WHO

The DG stated that at a global level, there's a regression in the rate of financial protection of citizens seeking health care. Read more »

Nigeria: Menstrual Disorders - Inside the World of Pains, Pangs of Nigerian Women

Health experts said when menstrual disorders are poorly managed, the health risk can be very dangerous. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Losing Health Professionals to Countries That Did Not Invest in Their Education - Minister

Over 5,000 Nigerian medical doctors migrated to the UK between 2015 and 2022. Read more »

Nigeria: Pandemic Treaty Negotiations - Nigeria Seeks Fair Agreement At World Health Assembly

The instrument, also called 'the accord', aims to improve prevention, preparedness, and response to future pandemics at a global level. Read more »

Nigeria: Cancer Care in Nigeria After Tinubu's First Year As President

"Recently, guidelines for the NHIA Act was launched ... which also provides funding for vulnerable Nigerians, including cancer patients." Read more »

Nigeria: SFH, Taraba Govt Empower 87 Indigent Persons Living With HIV

N70,000 cash was given to each of the 87 beneficiaries as seed grant after an assessment of the viability of their business plans. Read more »

Nigeria: How Procurement Fraud Stalled $100 Million Malaria Project in Nigeria - Minister

Mr Pate also said a Nigerian company, which had earlier won the bidding for the project, was disqualified and blacklisted from all UN contracts for three years. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Confirms 12 New Lassa Fever Cases, 1 Death in One Week

NCDC noted that one health worker was affected in the reporting week Read more »

Nigeria: Health Insurance - Minister Condemns Announcement of New Hmo for Civil Servants

The ministry's permanent secretary, Ibrahim Kana, said President Bola Tinubu approved the creation of a new HMO. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria, UN Seek U.S.$306 Million for Urgent Food, Nutrition Crisis Response

The fund will provide drinking water, sanitation facilities, hygiene, and nutrition to combat the spread of infectious diseases in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. Read more »

Nigeria: At TEF, We've Supported 700 African Health Entrepreneurs - Elumelu

Tony Elumelu Foundation, African health entrepreneurs, Abu Dhabi Health Leaders' Forum Read more »

Nigeria: Special Report - Why Many Nigerian Health Workers Are Susceptible to Lassa Fever

An analysis of NCDC data in the last five years shows that 197 healthcare workers contracted Lassa fever in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Failure to Prioritise Youth Sexual Health Hampers HIV Prevention - UNAIDS

The UNAIDS official said in sub-Saharan Africa, young women are more than twice as likely to be infected with HIV than their male counterparts. Read more »