American healthcare provides clean water for 1,500 people in Benue
American healthcare, a non-profit, United Vessels of Love Foundation (U-VOL), has built…
African health ministers seek ways to bolster polio outbreak response
African health ministers gathered today to seek ways of ramping up measures…
World Health Assembly re-elects Tedros Ghebreyesus as WHO DG
The World Health Organisation (WHO) member states have re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom…
It’s International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
May 23 is marked globally as the International Day to end Obstetric…
Over 70% of Nigerians with Hypertension unaware of it – Chairman NHF
Says HBP is major heart disease affecting 38% of adult Nigerian The…
Buhari signs National Health Insurance Bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the National Health Insurance Authority…
I’ll improve Nigeria’s healthcare, Bakare pledges as he declares for president
Renown cleric, lawyer and business man, Pastor Tunde Bakare today formerly joined…
UNAIDS partners ABCHealth to end HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria
To ensure an end to HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria, the Joint United…
World Immunization: Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa – WHO
As the World Immunization Week 2022 ends today, the World Health Organization…
NHIS launches initiative to subsidize cancer drugs
develops 10-year strategic plan to achieve mandate The National Health Insurance Scheme…
Nigeria To receive 9 million doses of cholera Vaccine
Over 1.7 million persons already vaccinated in four states Nigeria is expected…
Lagos to deploy new tool to combat malaria
partners firm to implement rollback malaria strategies Lagos State Government has…
World Malaria Day: Stakeholders call for more efforts to eliminate disease
As the world marks the 2022 World Malaria Day (WMD), some stakeholders…
West African scientists in Ghana for CelebrateLAB conference
Local vaccine manufacturing tops agenda Medical Laboratory and research scientists from across…
NMA decries aggression against government health workers
says personnel are overstretched because of brain drain The Nigerian Medical Association…
PCN seals 378 pharmacies, drug stores in Taraba
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has sealed some 378…
Italy donates 3m COVID-19 doses donated to Nigeria
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday in Abuja,…
Deaths from non-communicable diseases on the rise in Africa
Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are increasingly becoming…
Support waiver for intellectual property rules on COVID-19 vaccine production – NGO coalition tell FG
In a bid to have equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria…
International Women’s Day: Climate change damaging women’s health – WHO Regional Director for Africa
As the world marks the International women’s Day today, the WHO Regional…
More than half of parents, pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF
New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising…
NAFDAC procures 73 utility vehicles to check fake drugs, unwholesome food products
In its renewed efforts to rid the nation of falsified and…
Africa Records 1.1 Million New Cancer Cases, 700,000 Deaths Annually – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Africa records about 1.1 million new…
UNICEF warns FGM on the rise among young Nigerian girls
Says rates have risen from 16.9% in 2013 to 19.2% in 2018…
NCDC Declares National Emergency Response against Lassa Fever
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated its national multi-sectoral…
