Nigeria: Why Drug Abuse Is Prevalent in Nigeria - Group

The group charged parents to act as friends rather than authority figures to their teenage children. Read more »

Nigeria: Antibiotics Prices Increase By Over 1,000% in Four Years in Nigeria - Report

The report notes that the high cost of drugs in Nigeria is already forcing patients to skip doses or forgo treatment altogether "based on anecdotal observations." Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Doctors Beg for Improved Welfare As 15 Die in Six Months

The Medical Guild in Lagos State noted that the past years things have been particularly challenging for the guild due to ongoing co-morbidities exacerbated by manpower bleed and… Read more »

Zambia: CPHIA23 - Zambia Seeks to Host Cholera Vaccine Production Hub

The Africa-CDC DG, Mr Kaseya, has said less than 1 per cent of vaccines, 5 per cent of diagnostics and 30 per cent of therapeutics used in Africa are currently manufactured in… Read more »

Africa: CPHIA23 - African Leaders, Experts Discuss Ways to Break Barriers in Global Health

The organisers said the four-day conference will spotlight cutting-edge research and innovations, and present African-led solutions to public health challenges. Read more »

Africa: CPHIA23 - Why Africa Must Take Charge of Its Public Health - Africa CDC

CPHIA is an annual conference organised by the Africa CDC that provides a unique African-led platform for leaders across the continent to reflect on lessons learned in health and… Read more »

Nigeria: Who Raises Alarm Over 'Rise of TB Infection' in Borno

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State said his state has lost about 50 per cent of its health institutions to insurgency and that many staff had been abducted, making health care… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Indicts Hospital's Chief Medical Director of Job Racketeering

The statement termed the conduct of the teaching hospital chief and his accomplices as a "flagrant abuse of extant rules and regulations." Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's New Health Policy Will Combat Rising Non-Communicable Diseases - Official

The official says the new health policy was designed to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Read more »

Nigeria: Premium Times Journalist, 39 Others Win Fellowship

Mrs Tambe is a Senior reporter on PREMIUM TIMES' development desk. Read more »

Nigeria: 2.3 Million Children Receive Polio Vaccine in Anambra - Commissioner

The state government is about to begin the second phase of polio immunisation in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: HPV Vaccine Introduction - a New Win for Nigeria?

A major concern, however, is Nigeria and the African continent's continued dependence on foreign aid to improve its health outcomes. Read more »

Nigeria: Reps Issue 72-Hour Ultimatum to AGF to Submit Report On N100bn Covid-19 Funds

The House is investigating expenditures related to COVID-19 interventions, particularly from 2020 to 2022. Read more »

Nigeria: 7,000 Pharmacists Emigrate From Nigeria in Two Years

President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Cyril Usifoh, says the 7,000 pharmacists left Nigeria in search of better practice environment abroad. Read more »

Nigeria: Insurgency Recovery - Borno, Adamawa, Yobe Revive Primary Healthcare Centres

The over-a-decade-old insurgency has seriously affected the health sector in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, with many health centres destroyed in the three states. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Conjoined Twins Arrive Saudi Arabia for Surgery

The twin girls, Hassana and Husaina born to Hassan Isa from Kano, are joined at the chest and share vital organs. Read more »

Nigeria: UNFPA Supplies Family Planning Commodities to 700 Kaduna Health Facilities - Official

"There is also the problem of unsafe abortion when people are not ready, and the solution is simply contraceptives." Read more »

Nigeria: Kaduna Govt Reports 500 GBV Cases to National Dashboard - Coordinator

"But as of the end of September, Kaduna State is among the leading states in terms of reporting of GBV cases." Read more »

Nigeria: In Jigawa, There's Only One Doctor to 21,000 Residents

"The ratio (of doctors) is similar to that of nurses and other health workers in the state. This is one of the worst ratios in the country," the NMA official says. Read more »

Africa: Medicines for Africa - Obasanjo Speaks On UK-India Trade Deal

President Obasanjo said the UK's proposals will lead to "huge cost increases for health systems and catastrophic delays in accessing medicines". Read more »

Nigeria: What Jigawa Must Do to Enhance Immunisation - Study

Health experts at the event advocated a budget line for routine immunisation to reduce dependence on donors. Read more »

Nigeria: It's Mistake to Stop Your Children From Taking HPV Vaccine, Minister Advises

The Nigerian government launched the HPV vaccine initiative on Tuesday for girls between the ages of nine and 14 years to guard against HPV types 16 and 18, which cause about 70… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Govt Seals Off More 'Dirty' Markets

The two markets were shut down for flouting the state's environmental laws. Read more »

Nigeria: First Lady Decries High Prevalence of Cervical Cancer in Nigeria

Mrs Tinubu said regular screenings must be encouraged and there must be improved access to healthcare with behavioural interventions. Read more »

Nigeria: Cervical Cancer - Nigeria to Reach Over 7 Million Girls With HPV Vaccine

The statement noted that a five-day mass vaccination campaign in schools and communities will be carried out during the inaugural roll-out in 16 states and the Federal Capital… Read more »