Nigeria: Ill Health - Ondo Governor, Akeredolu, Hands Over Power to Deputy

Mr Akeredolu has embarked on a 21-day leave for medical treatment abroad from 7th June to 6th July Read more »

Nigeria: Residents Complain As Hospital Rehabilitated With N35 Million Fails to Meet Operational Standards

"According to him, the doctors in the hospital were not providing adequate medical services to the community." Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Issues Alert Over Fresh Disease Outbreak, Warns Against Eating 'Pomo'

The government advised Nigerians against the consumption of hides (pomo), smoked meat and bushmeat, to avoid possible spread. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian State Winning War Against Covid-19 but Losing Children to Meningitis

"Meningitis vaccine availability in Nigeria is far from adequate to vaccinate all those living in endemic states of the country." Read more »

Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Establish Medical Research Council - NIMR DG

Mr Salako explained that the lack of adequate funding for medical research is responsible for the poor health indices in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: WHO, EU Partner On Digital Health Initiative Against Future Pandemic

WHO emphasised that digital COVID-19 certificates have been a key component in the EU's efforts to combat the pandemic. Read more »

Nigeria: 'It's Unfortunate, Some Nurses Now Perform Surgery' - NMA Chairperson

"Quacks have caused the death of many unsuspecting citizens." Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Health Workers Suspend Strike After Meeting President Tinubu

The union said the strike had been suspended due to the progress made during the engagement with the president. Read more »

Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Prioritise Birth Registration - UNICEF

Birth registration is a permanent and official record of a child's existence, and provides legal recognition of that child's identity. Read more »

Nigeria: UNICEF Vaccinates 30 Million Nigerian Children in Five Years - Official

Vaccination, the process of receiving a vaccine that provides immunity to a disease, is very important as under-five mortality rate is increasing in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Medical Tourism, Dilapidated PHCs, Incessant Workers' Strike, Others Show Buhari Failed in Health Sector

Public analysts consistently criticised the President's medical trips abroad, blaming him for "championing the distrust in Nigeria's health sector," especially by the members of… Read more »

Nigeria: In Farewell Speech, Buhari Hails Administration's Victory Over Covid-19

Nigeria recorded its first case of COVID-19 on 27 February 2020 and has subsequently suffered four distinct waves of the pandemic. Read more »

Nigeria: Taraba Community Lauds Unicef for Providing Motorcycle to Boost Vaccination

The motorcycle was given to the community by UNICEF in collaboration with Global Alliance for Vaccines Initiative (GAVI) as part of its health interventions in rural communities. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Health Workers Begin Indefinite Strike

JOHESU is the association of health workers apart from medical doctors and dentists Read more »

Nigeria: Doctors Call for More Support As Kano Fistula Centre Becomes Oversaturated

Officials urged the government to provide drugs and rehabilitation centres for fistula survivors in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: Health Unions in Ondo Disagree Over Nationwide Strike

JOHESU declared an indefinite strike from Friday after the expiration of a 15-day ultimatum to the federal government. Read more »

Nigeria: Resident Doctors Sign Memorandum of Understanding With Nigerian Govt

The NARD said its National Executive Council (NEC) will decide on the timelines set in the content of the MoU. Read more »

Nigeria: Ethylene Oxide - How Nigerians Reacted to Report of Cancer-Causing Substance in Indomie Noodles

NAFDAC said it never tested for the cancer-causing ethylene oxide before granting licences to manufacturers of instant noodles. Read more »

Nigeria: As Doctors' Strike Continues, Another Group Wants Medical Tourism Addressed

The association described the unpaid 10-month salaries of health workers as an aberration. Read more »

Nigeria: Patients Suffer As Nigerian Doctors' Strike Enters Third Day

Our reporters observed that health activities were largely disrupted in some hospitals in Nigeria's capital city, Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states. Read more »

Nigeria: GAVI Resumes Direct Health Project Financing in Nigeria

GAVI had stopped funding programmes in Nigeria through the NPHCDA following unsatisfactory findings from its programme audit in 2015. Read more »

Nigeria: Malaria - Abuja Community Receives Free Medical Services, Counselling

Malaria, a disease caused by a parasite spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, kills more than 400,000 people yearly, mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »

Nigeria: Doctors' Strike - Abuja, Lagos Hospitals Offer Skeletal Services

Resident doctors make up the bulk of doctors in Nigeria's tertiary hospitals Read more »

Nigeria: Critical Shortage of Skilled Birth Attendants in Healthcare Centers - Official

The NPHCDA boss said the government is introducing Community-based Health Research, Innovative-training and Services Programme (CRISP) to address the challenge. Read more »

Nigeria: Doctors Strike - Govt Says Negotiation Ongoing, NARD Says Not True

"The situation with the doctors' strike is of concern to government and the negotiations have been ongoing." Read more »