The Adamawa State government has revealed that it has spent N495 million on critical healthcare projects aimed at bolstering quality healthcare services within the state. According...
With the increasing rate of non-communicable diseases, including hypertension, Nigerians have been advised on healthy lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle consists of eating a healthy diet, doing...
Story highlights A new AI tool can diagnose brain tumours with 95% accuracy. This tool, called Deploy, uses deep learning to analyze histopathology images. It could...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved a $4.49 million grant aimed at enhancing healthcare interventions in Adamawa state in a bid to bolster healthcare...
The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF has issued a stark warning about Haiti’s healthcare infrastructure, declaring it to be “on the verge of collapse.” Citing a...
The Lagos state government is targeting the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of 1,062,427 girls between the ages of nine to 14 years in the state by...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has expressed deep concern over the inefficiency and mismanagement of the state’s health sector. Speaking at the commissioning of four new...
On the 24th of April 2024, a tragic and unexpected accident led to the death of a four year old student of BrickHall Schools located in...
Prof. Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, has cautioned Nigerians against excess salt and sodium intake, saying it could cause hypertension and...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and MobiHealthCare Limited (MobiHealth) have signed project preparation facility agreement in a move set to transform healthcare accessibility across Africa. This...
Increasing number of women in Plateau State have now embraced the Self-Injection (SI) method of childbirth spacing more than ever before, and it is estimated that...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Ogun State chapter, has solicited the state assembly’s support for the amendment and domestication of laws criminalizing suicide. The NMA Chairman,...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public notification regarding the recall of Caro White Skin Lightening Beauty Lotion...
Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed up 501 medicine shops and arrested two persons for breaking the seal of the council in Plateau State. The...
Amid concerns over moves by the federal government to establish a new Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) to cater for federal civil servants, the Ministry of Health...
In a bid to address growing cases of unethical practices in organ donation and transplantation in the country, federal government has said it will soon launch...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has enjoined ministers of health across the sub-region to prioritise climate-resilient health systems and...
No fewer than 3,291 patients have been diagnosed of tuberculosis between January to April 2024 in Akwa Ibom State The Program Manager, Akwa Ibom State Tuberculosis,...
Story Highlights The costs of blood sugar and blood pressure monitors have surged by over 100% since 2023, making them increasingly unaffordable for many Nigerians. This...
Asclepius Consulting, a foremost medical consultancy firm, has called for early screening to detect and treat high blood pressure (HBP). The firm made the call to...
Nigerian-born public health nurse and epidemiologist, Uzoamaka Okwor, is renowned for her significant contributions to the field of chronic disease epidemiology, particularly in the context of...
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has observed with the failure of the Federal and States Governments to issue relevant circular on increase...
SUNSCREENLunching outdoors is a great opportunity to enjoy warm breezes and sunny views, but all that outside time can catch up with your skin. Make your...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated calls for ending malnutrition of infants, especially in the northern part of the country. The Bauchi Field Office...
The Nigerian Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, has publicly refuted a recent report by Platinum Post, which announced the rollout of a...
In a bid to alleviate the financial burden that prevents the poor and vulnerable from accessing quality healthcare services in the communities, Niger State government has...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, Founder of MedContour Services Ltd., for conducting a failed plastic surgery that led to...
The Phase II of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign is set to be launched in 21 states across Nigeria on May 27th, 2024. The vaccination...
AstraZeneca has unveiled plans to collaborate with regulatory authorities worldwide in the rollout of its latest COVID-19 prevention drug. This announcement comes after the drug manufacturer...
First Ladies from Organization of Islamic Cooperation African member-states have agreed to join forces to accelerate cancer prevention and treatment, with a focus on promoting early...
MeCure Industries reports it has secured approval from the National Agency for Food & Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to launch production of the first locally...
On this International Day of the Boy Child, it is important to draw attention to a pressing issue that warrants immediate action: sexual abuse against boys. Global statistics reveals...
The National Action on Sugar Reduction Coalition (NASR) has advocated a 20% increase in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) tax in a bid to align with global standards...
The Development Governance International (DGI) Consult says that Nigeria needs a unified coalition among health stakeholders for a functional health tax policy. Speaking in Abuja on...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified a new dengue vaccine known as TAK-003. Developed by Takeda, this live-attenuated vaccine, which incorporates weakened forms of the...
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is poised to sign a landmark national health bill on Wednesday, marking a significant step towards ensuring comprehensive health coverage for...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has revealed plans by the Federal Government to offer N200 monthly health insurance to 37,000 women in the...
The burden of lung cancer is huge and grossly underreported in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, a medical expert, Prof. Kelechi Okonta, has said. Prof. Okonta who...
Muhammad,15, noticed a swelling in his stomach after he was wrongly diagnosed with appendix. After surgery, the symptoms still continued. He then went to the hospital...
A public health consultant in the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr. Francis Fagbule, has declared that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), commonly known as soft...
Massachusetts General Hospital has announced the passing of the first human recipient of a transplanted genetically modified pig kidney. The hospital expressed sorrow at the sudden...
The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited...
Pregnant Rukayat Olapade experienced persistent stomach pains and loss of appetite. Worried about them and relying on her health insurance with AXA Mansard, 31-year-old Olapade, who...
Health and wellness coach, Yetunde Laura, in four years of operation, has trained over 25,000 people across the globe and helped more than 3, what 000...
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aisha Anka, reported an outbreak of an unknown illness that has already resulted in four deaths and 177 reported...
The Kaduna State chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has protested against alleged harassment and extortion by operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement...
Fidelity Bank Plc has as part of its corporate social responsibility, renovated the primary health clinic along Workers’ Village in Tudun Amba community of Lafia local...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled global guidelines aimed at curbing the prevalence of bloodstream and other infections stemming from the use of catheters in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC has confirmed 857 cases of Lassa fever and 156 deaths across 28 states from January to April...
The Ebonyi State Government has allocated N25 million for the surgical operation of 100 scrotal hernia patients within the state in a bid to address healthcare...
Nigeria-based biotechnology startup, Syndicate Bio. has partnered with SophiaGenetics, a cloud-native software firm specializing in data-driven medicine, to become the inaugural laboratory in Africa to offer...
Under-investment has been highlighted as one of the key issues affecting the health sector. This was discussed during a loan partnership agreement of $10 million between...
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it was withdrawing Covid vaccine Vaxzevria, one of the first produced in the deadly pandemic, citing “commercial reasons” following a...
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has made a bold step in healthcare advancement with the inauguration of a vaccine research centre (VRC) aimed at tackling...
Director-general of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori, has expressed concern over the harmful effects of stigma and discrimination against...
The Katsina State Government has allocated the sum of N3.77 billion between June 2023 and April 2024 in a bid to strengthen healthcare services within its...
Over 130 scrotal hernia carriers in Ebonyi State would soon undergo medical surgery. The wife of the Ebonyi State governor, Mrs. Mary-Maudlune Nwifuru disclosed this at...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says political commitment is very crucial to eliminating malaria in Nigeria and other member countries in the African region. The WHO...
Plateau State has unveiled a drugs and commodities warehouse valued at N590 million as part of the moves to combat the scourge of counterfeit drugs. This...
Some herbal medicine practitioners have said that if the federal government supports the production of alternative medicine, it would help to boost Nigeria’s economy and alleviate...
Nigeria’s federal government has given assurances that current effort to rejuvenate local pharmaceutical industry will lead to lowering of cost of medicines in the country. It...
The World Health Organisation, WHO, and other stakeholders have urged the Nigerian Government to invest in data and effective sustainable approaches to malaria elimination in the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and other stakeholders have urged the Nigerian government on investment in data, and effective sustainable approaches to malaria elimination in the...
The Federal Government has introduced key initiatives aimed at expediting the eradication of malaria in Nigeria. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof....
Enhancing healthcare systems significantly boosts both life quality and expectancy. By facilitating timely detection and treatment of health issues, access to healthcare services safeguards individuals while...
The Adamawa State Government on Friday confirmed that 42 people have died due to outbreak of measles in Mubi and Gombi local government areas of the...
The Federal Government has banned the utilisation of foreign-made syringes and needles in tertiary hospitals in Nigeria in a bid to bolster domestic production and safeguard...
A recent report by the World Bank has shown that extreme weather events are devastating health globally and climate’s negative effects could drive 44 million people...
As the cost of living continues to rise, access to affordable and nutritious food remains a critical concern for many households across Nigeria. The Cost of...
A new form of mpox has been detected in a mining town in Congo. Scientists say this new form spreads more easily among people. Over 4,500...
The Yobe State Government has responded to the recent surge in cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, serogroup ‘C’, by setting up a temporary Emergency Operations Centre in...
Amid the vibrant hustle at Iwo Road, Ibadan, 25-year-old Temi Okeowo paused at the entrance of a dental clinic, her heart beating with a mix of...
The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano State has made a significant leap in medical advancement by performing its first kidney and urology treatments using Light...
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has revealed that Africa accounts for 65% of its investment, resulting in the immunization of 438 million unique children and the prevention...
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has revealed that Africa accounts for 65% of its investment, resulting in the immunization of 438 million unique children and the prevention...
World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, has said that between 2000 and 2022, the Africa region reduced annual measles deaths by...
The National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Programme (NASCP) said its efforts at combating HIV/AIDS and STIs leveraging on global support have yielded positive results....
The federal government has mapped out strategies to geometrically increase cancer experts in the country, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that the Nestle Nido follow-up milk formula brand and Cerelac intended for use...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared that Nido infant milk formula, alleged to contain sugar or honey. is not...
A Nigerian health expert Akolade Jimoh has said that the country’s healthcare affordability crisis can be addressed by a roadmap to universal coverage through innovative financing....
The Yobe State Government says it recoded 2,510 cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Type C, from 25th December, 2023 to April, 2024. It added that 85 patients...
A complication from measles is suspected to have killed at least 19 children in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The Commissioner for Health,...
All Nigerian states have signed their 2024 approved budgets into law. Amidst a sector still reeling from the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbated by a...
Complication from measles is suspected to have killed at least 19 children in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa. Commissioner for Health, Mr Felix Tangwami,...
Resident doctors at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) have initiated a one-week warning strike in a bid to draw attention to what they’ve described...
A prominent figure in the Nigerian healthcare sector, Dr. Femi Kuti, has called on government to tackle critical aspects of infrastructure development, while leveraging on the...
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 751 medicine shops in parts of Gombe State for failing to meet requirements of the council. PCN director...
Resident doctors at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, have commenced a one-week warning strike over the alleged Delta State Government’s insensitivity to issues affecting...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed several unregistered bakeries and water-packaging companies operating without the agency’s approval in Plateau State....
The Deputy Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Dr Victor Kolawole, revealed that only 58,000 out of the 130,000 registered doctors in...
In Côte d’Ivoire, community health workers are going above and beyond to combat malaria. They are travelling between remote villages on bicycles, equipped with medical provisions....
Emzor Pharmaceuticals has unveiled plans to establish an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) facility in Shagamu, Ogun State, with a substantial investment totaling $23 million in an...
The United Kingdom has committed one billion pounds to the global fund in a move to combat the scourge of malaria and other diseases in Nigeria....
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) enforcement team has shut down 751 medicine stores in Gombe State in a move to uphold standards and safeguard public...
On Thursday, Benin, Liberia, and Sierra Leone launched large-scale malaria vaccine programs as part of an Africa-focused initiative aimed at saving tens of thousands of children’s...