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Workers Day: NACA seeks inclusive workplaces for people living with HIV
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Nigeria has highest number of unvaccinated children globally — UNICEF
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Integrate nutrition into school curriculum, expert urges govt
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Experts raise concerns over fake malaria drugs
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Five African countries unveil joint polio vaccination for 83 million children
FG unveils electronic portal for health research
The Federal Government said it will launch an electronic portal before the end of 2025 to revolutionise health research proposal submission, approval and enhance Nigeria’s capacity to conduct et...
1st May 2025
Workers Day: NACA seeks inclusive workplaces for people living with HIV
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has called for inclusive and supportive workplaces for everyone, including People Living with HIV or affected by HIV. NACA made the call in a statement sign...
1st May 2025
Nigeria has highest number of unvaccinated children globally — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria bears the highest global burden of unvaccinated children, with over two million children yet to receive a single dose of any routine vaccine. UNIC...
29th April 2025
Integrate nutrition into school curriculum, expert urges govt
A nutrition expert at Utah State University, Oluyemisi Akinsola, has called on the government to incorporate age-appropriate nutrition education into school curriculum to combat rising cases of malnut...
24th April 2025
Experts raise concerns over fake malaria drugs
For many Nigerians, malaria and its symptoms are all too familiar and quite predictable. Once the pangs of headache, joint pain and fever are felt, most resort to anti-malarial medications to manage i...
20th April 2025
Five African countries unveil joint polio vaccination for 83 million children
Ministers of Health from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria have launched a synchronised regional vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 83 million children under the a...
18th April 2025
USAID cuts leave African health systems in crisis as malaria, cholera surge
As clouds gather and humidity rises across West Africa, whose annual rains bring an uptick of deadly, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Musa Adamu Ibrahim, a nurse, is sitting at home, unemployed. In Niger...
15th April 2025
Nigeria allocated additional $200m to health in 2025 budget - WHO
The World Health Organisation said Nigeria has allocated an additional $200m to health in its 2025 Budget to avert the health impacts that the sudden and unplanned cuts are having. The Director Genera...
13th April 2025
Stop using cotton swabs to treat ear infections in children, paediatricians warn parents
Child health experts have warned parents against using harmful practices to treat ear infections in children, cautioning that these actions could worsen the condition, leading to permanent hearing los...
13th April 2025
Supplements, herbal cleansers may worsen kidney disease – Nephrologists
Nephrologists have warned against the use of unregulated supplements and herbal cleansers as treatments for kidney disease, cautioning that such substances not only lack scientific evidence but may al...
13th April 2025
NAFDAC’s new regulations promise safer, reliable drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the quality, safety, and efficacy of generic medicines in Nigeria by enforcing stringent bioe...
10th April 2025
Researcher identifies alternative therapies for prostate cancer treatment
A Nigerian researcher, Dr Jerry Adeyemo, has identified alternative therapies that could help in the treatment of prostate cancer. Adeyemo said these alternative therapies, which are less conventional...
10th April 2025
Stakeholders lament vaccine funding delays, urge local production
Stakeholders on Monday urged the Federal Government to urgently release outstanding vaccine funds and ramp up investment in local vaccine production. They warned that funding delays are threatening Ni...
7th April 2025
World Health Day 2025: APC chieftain seeks protection of mothers, newborns
The Chairman of Governing Board of Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Tolu Bankole, has emphasised the critical importance of investing in maternal and newborn health as a cornerstone ...
7th April 2025
Nigeria receives one million Gavi-funded vaccine doses to combat meningitis
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare received over one million pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) doses from the Gavi-funded global stockpile this week to combat the men...
4th April 2025
300-bed Kaduna hospital ready soon - Commissioner
The Kaduna State Government has announced that the 300-bed Specialist Hospital in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of the state, will soon be ready for commissioning. The Commissioner of ...
4th April 2025
Stakeholders seek better training facilities, curricula for pharmacy technicians
Stakeholders in the pharmacy sector have called for improved training facilities and effective curricula for pharmacy technicians across the country. They made the call on Thursday at an interactive f...
3rd April 2025
Kwara receives 1,982 nutrition packs from UNICEF
The Kwara State Government has received 1,982 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food from UNICEF to combat child malnutrition across the state. Receiving the supplies on behalf of the government, th...
2nd April 2025
Researcher identifies safer alternatives for Alzheimer’s treatment
A Nigerian researcher, Isreal Onifade, has identified plant compounds that could help in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Onifade’s study found that certain plant alkaloids can block β-s...
2nd April 2025
WHO facing massive funding gap after slashing budget- Report
The World Health Organisation is facing a gaping deficit this year and through 2027 following the US decision to withdraw, even after dramatically slashing its budget, a media report indicated Wednesd...
2nd April 2025
Sokoto condemns harmful traditional metal poisoning treatments
The Sokoto State Commissioner of Health, Faruk Wurno, has expressed deep concern over the use of harmful traditional practices by local barbers in treating metal poisoning cases. Wurno condemned the p...
2nd April 2025
Collaboration key to advancing pharmacy practice, says ACPN chair
The Chairman, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Tolu Ajayi, has said the future of pharmacy depends on embracing innovation, fostering collaboration, and prioritisi...
2nd April 2025
NCDC raises the alarm over rising meningitis cases, reports 74 deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed concern over the rising cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the country. NCDC warned that its peak season runs from November to May...
31st March 2025
MSF urges action as meningitis outbreak spreads in North-West
An international non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, said that since early March, meningitis has been spreading rapidly throughout several...
28th March 2025
NACA to end mother-to-child HIV transmission in Delta
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has set up a multi-sectoral committee to end mother-to-child transmission in Delta State. The Director-General of NACA, Dr Temitope Ilori, who inaugurated t...
28th March 2025
FG unveils guideline on salt intake, combat hypertension
The Federal Government has launched the National Guideline for Sodium Reduction as part of its efforts to prevent the adverse health consequences of excessive sodium intake. Speaking at the launch in ...
26th March 2025
Lassa fever kills corps member in Ogun
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Coker said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25-year-...
26th March 2025
Kwara extends free X-rays, tuberculosis treatment to children
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to tackling tuberculosis by extending free treatment and diagnostic services, even as the Health Ministry introduces free chest X-rays and spec...
26th March 2025
One Nigerian dies of TB every seven minutes -Oluremi Tinubu
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Monday said one person dies of Tuberculosis every seven minutes despite it being a preventable and curable disease. Tinubu stated this at a commun...
24th March 2025
Funding cuts threatening TB gains, WHO laments
The World Health Organisation said the cuts in global health funding are threatening to reverse efforts against Tuberculosis. WHO noted that the deadliest infectious disease is responsible for over on...
24th March 2025
Only 17% Africans have access to oral healthcare - WHO
The Acting Regional Director for Africa of the World Health Organisation, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said despite advances made in oral healthcare, the African Region lags behind key oral health indicators....
20th March 2025
