The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has disclosed that 300 patients died of tuberculosis out of over 6,000 cases recorded in Ogun State in 2023....
World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concern over the daily loss of 3,800 lives to tuberculosis with about 30,000 people falling ill despite being a preventable...
Plan International is working in collaboration with other stakeholders towards developing a roadmap for adolescent well-being, health, and development in Nigeria. The country director, of Plan...
Dr. Aderonke Agbaje is the Director of Programmes -Special Projects of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN). Agbaje who is also the Chief of Party...
Some patients of the National Hospital, Abuja have lamented the loss of their medical histories as a result of the hospital’s switch from paper health records...
It is a sad reality that patients in Nigeria sometimes lose their lives due to negligence by some healthcare workers. According to Martins Nwanne, the founder...
The federal government has said it is planning to put a total ban on importation of syringes into the country in order to promote locally medical...
Police in Ondo State have arrested a 17-year-old girl, Omowunmi Aduloju for allegedly killing her Aunty, Mrs. Funmilayo Adelami for always disturbing her to use her...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that more than 2.5 million individuals contracted Tuberculosis in 2022 in Africa, equating to one person every 13 seconds. Dr...
As the world marks this year’s Tuberculosis Day, the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has stated that the organization has made frantic efforts to control zoonotic...
Medical expert, Dr Christopher Otabor, has decried the economic effect of medical tourism on the health sector and the Nigerian economy, warning that Nigeria loses upwards...
The Delta State Government has confirmed about four cases of Lassa fever in the state. The State’s Commissioner of Health, Joseph Onojaeme, who spoke to newsmen...
Four children have been confirmed dead while 28 others infected with Diphtheria in the Minjibir local government area of Kano State. A press statement signed by...
No fewer than four children have reportedly lost their lives to a diphtheria outbreak in Minjibir Local Government Area of Kano State. The Information Officer of...
In the period of one week, from February 26 to March 3, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported new Lassa virus...
Organisers of the Paris Olympics have decided to bring intimacy back to the Summer Games with the Coronavirus pandemic apparently not posing significant global health risk....
Every five minutes, a death certificate is issued for a disease that is preventable and curable but accounts for 97, 900 deaths in Nigeria. This is...
Researchers have eliminated HIV from cells in a laboratory, raising hopes of a cure for the virus, which results in the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome...
Some Nurses in the country have dragged the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), the Minister of Health, and six others before the National Industrial...
Intermittent fasting, a popular approach for weight loss and inflammation reduction, has come under scrutiny as the American Heart Association (AHA) reveals disturbing findings about the...
Federal government has disclosed its plans to ensure local production of vaccines and to drastically reduce reliance on importation of pharmaceutical products. Minister of state for...
The federal government has inaugurated an implementation committee for the digitalization of the country’s health system. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony in Abuja, the Coordinating Minister...
The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr Gaza Gwamna, on Friday announced that nine doctors have officially resigned their services from the state. The Commissioner made...
Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals initiated a nationwide strike on Thursday, citing the government’s failure to fulfil commitments outlined in a collective bargaining agreement signed in...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu, to a full-fledged University of Allied Health Sciences. This...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Temitope Ilori as Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial...
Coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, has said that are currently about 55,000 registered doctors in Nigeria. The minister, who disclosed...
In this episode of YOUR WELLNESS, we’re diving into the pros and cons of relying on social media influencers for health advice.Join us as we examine...
The Dorothy Njemanze Foundation has enjoined the federal government, and other stakeholders to increase efforts towards tackling sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), as well as providing...
Nigeria has become the first country to receive the new MenFive meningitis vaccine from the Gavi-funded global stockpile, with a shipment delivered by UNICEF arriving last...
The Country Director of Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation, Lucky Palmer, has identified Nigeria as one of the countries with the highest maternal deaths in the world....
In a bid to address the issue of brain drain in the health sector, the Federal Government has issued a directive mandating health practitioners intending to...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, has said successful Nigerian doctors, nurses and health workers overseas are considering returning to the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it is committed to ensuring the availability of narcotics and controlled substances for...
Provost of the Medical School, University of Lagos, Prof. David Adewale Anthonio Oke, has lamented that some surgeons and other medical professionals involved in the surgical...
Fasting in Ramadan is one of the five Pillars of Islam, which are the most basic tenets of the religion. Every adult Muslim is expected to...
The federal government has asked young people to join it in creating awareness of the dangers of undiagnosed and untreated Tuberculosis using social media platforms and...
The world’s biggest vaccine maker will start rolling out a cheap new malaria inoculation in Africa in May, bolstering the fight against one of the most...
Reprieve may have come the way of Nigerians seeking advanced medical diagnosis and treatment in Turkey, as a leading telehealth company in the country, DoctorCare247 has ...
According to a recent survey, the prices of cement in some northern states have dropped. A report from Legit shows that top cemnent manufacturers such as...
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Saturday suspended the strike they began on Wednesday. DAILY POST reported...
A good number of people cannot explain what their stomach feels like at some point in time. Complaints about “My stomach being heavy, seems the food...
BY Ade jumoke Adeeso, with Agency Report Baseball umpires are often vilified by fans and players alike. The best umps, like the best offensive lineman, are...
The Federal Government said it will soon come up with legislation that would regulate the healthcare sector to eliminate quacks and ensure improved service delivery. Minister...
Nigerian Navy Secondary School in Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State has directed parents to evacuate their children and wards following an outbreak of measles. A...
Twenty-three per cent of children under five years in Cross River State are stunted as a result of severe malnutrition, according to UNICEF. UNICEF Field Officer,...
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC), Professor Daniel Nwachukwu, has urged Nigerians to explore the benefits of zobo leaves in curing...
The Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP) Ekiti State, in conjunction with Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria, has called on journalists to use their platforms to create...
Kano State Ministry of Health has debunked reports of an outbreak of measles in Kano Municipal Local Government Area. A statement issued by the ministry’s Director...
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday inaugurated a diabetes screening and treatment centre donated by the Lions International District 404 B2 Nigeria for Offa community...
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Health to develop a prescription policy to monitor indiscriminate sale of drugs in the country....
The Kano State Ministry of Health has completely refuted the earlier announced outbreak of measles in the Kano Municipal local government area. The Public Relations Unit...
The United Nations (UN) has called on remaining state governments in Nigeria that are yet to domesticate and implement the HIV/AIDS Anti Discrimination Act 2014 to...
The Taraba State Commissioner for Health, Gbangsheya Buma, on Tuesday confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state. Making the confirmation via a telephone interview...
In order to bring effective treatment of cancer to Nigeria, an India Specialist Hospital, Apollo Hospitals has offered to train doctors in the country on treatment...
Addressing some of the challenges that the Pharmaceutical Society in Nigeria is currently dealing with, the President of the Pharmaceutical Society, Cyril Odianose Usifoh has suggested...
Swimming is one of the most popular sports. Our nation is surrounded by water and swimming is one of our great passions. As well as being...
Jigawa State government has confirmed the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in six local government areas of the state. The state director, Primary Healthcare Development Agency,...
Adamawa State Government has confirmed the index case of Lassa fever. The government, in a statement by the state Ministry of Health & Human Services, identified...
In a landmark medical achievement, the Saudi Arabian medical and surgical team, has completed the separation surgery of Nigerian conjoined twins, Hassana and Husaina, at the...
As part of measures to prevent the scourge of cervical cancer in Ekiti State, the government is set to begin the vaccination of female children beginning...
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, BASPHCDA, has confirmed a meningitis outbreak in the State. An official of the Agency who spoke under the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has accused medicine dealers in major markets in Kano State of resisting its fight against...
The United States has said it committed $20 billion into various health programmes in Africa, adding that, “In 2023 alone, the United States invested over $600...
The federal government will infuse N50 billion into primary health care as the first tranche of the basic health care fund, the Coordinating Minister of Health...
The Hon Minister of State for Environment Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako has launched the National Deratization framework exercise to prevent and control the spread of Lassa...
The Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services has said seven people died following the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in Potiskum town in the state....
At least 20 students of some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune local government areas of Yobe State have died from a suspected Meningitis...
In response to the ongoing strike of trainee doctors, South Korean health authorities have granted legal protection to nurses, allowing them to perform certain medical procedures...
In a bid to significantly improve healthcare deliverables across the country, the federal government has commenced the process of getting the states to align with its...
The President of the the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Benedict Oramah, has revealed the motivation behind his constant interest in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, and his efforts to...
A team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York has found how chronic stress leads to the formation of sticky webs of white blood cells, called...
The Niger State Contributory Health Agency (NiCare) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Niger Food security systems and logistics company (Niger Foods...
Some stakeholders have enjoined the federal government and implementing states to sustain the impact of the Evidence for Action (E4A-MamaYe) programmes on maternal health, and...
The federal government and health professionals have called for strategic efforts to ensure the effective implementation of Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative. They made the...
Some stakeholders in the health sector have advocated a comprehensive review of reproductive health curriculum in Nigerian Universities to include prevention and treatment. They made the...
A cardiac consultant with the Department of Medicine at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria, Muhammad M. Yakubu, has noted that poor policies have made...
Delta State Contributory Health Commission (DSCHC) has enrolled students into the Tertiary Institutions Social Health Insurance Program (TISHIP).TISHIP was flagged-off last week at the Dennis Osadebay...
Cross River Government warned about a possible outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever in old Ndebeji, in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. Viral...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has issued a stern warning to manufacturers and dealers in regulated products to refrain from...
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has warned healthcare workers to maintain a high index of suspicion and observe standard precautionary measures at all times and in...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 476 cases of Lassa fever and 84 deaths in 23 States across the country. The NCDC...
Lassa fever has killed 84 persons across 23 states since the beginning of this year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said....
Coordinating Minister Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has assured that the ministry would endeavour to address the grievances by the members...
Members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) have asked President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to quickly reconstitute the boards/governing councils of all federal health institutions (FHIs),...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it registered 411 confirmed cases and 72 deaths from Lassa fever across 21 states of the...
The Accident and Emergency, A&E, Department of 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna, has lost three members of staff and a patient suspected to have died...
President Bola Tinubu has stressed that his administration is strongly committed to providing excellent healthcare facilities for all Nigerians. He also said the present government at...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has announced the formal transfer of leadership from Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa to Dr. Olajide Idris, subsequent...