Nigeria has recorded 145 deaths from Lassa fever as of 2025 Epidemiological Week 25, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 18.6 percent. The Nigeria Centre...
Nigeria is taking center stage in Africa’s effort to build stronger, more resilient health systems. This is by championing sustainable financing and medical oxygen security at...
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Determined to address longstanding challenges threatening Nigeria’s immunisation programmes, the federal government has convened the inaugural session of the Immunisation Financing Policy...
From Mike Tayese, Yenagoa It was a successful outing on Monday at Kaiama in Kaiama Local government area of Bayelsa state as the residents released their...
Torough David, Abuja The Director-General, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, said the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) now supports over 2.67 million...
By Laide Akinboade, Abuja The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the Federal Government’s recent decision to deploy Nigerian doctors to Saint Lucia, describing the move...
Torough David, Abuja Head of Cardiology at the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Oladipupo Fasan has underscored the critical need for evidence-based practice, a well-trained health workforce,...
By Torough David, Abuja Sickle Cell Initiatives in Lagos have urged both federal and state governments to enact a law mandating genotype screening for all newborns...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it intensified regulatory and public sensitization activities across Yobe in the first half of...
The Paramount Ruler of all Awori-speaking people, Oba Sulaiman Adekunle Bamigbade, Ayodele III, has directed residents of estates and communities within his domain to commence weekly...