Health

By Achile Danjuma In a significant move to enhance healthcare delivery, the Kwara State Government has expanded its renewable energy...

Ten people, including two healthcare workers, have died from Lassa fever complications in Benue state. The Commissioner for Health and...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has intensified surveillance and response activities nationwide as the peak dry season...

The director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, says the ban on...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised concern over increasing Lassa fever cases across 18 states...

The federal government says Nigeria has recorded significant progress in the introduction and nationwide rollout of Lenacapavir (LEN) as a...

Nigerian virologist Oyewale Tomori has called on federal and state authorities to treat Lassa fever as a national emergency. Mr...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 318 cases of Lassa fever and 70 deaths across...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says it has deployed dialysis machines to five states to support...

  The National Primary Health Care Development Agency says Nigeria’s intensified immunisation drive has resulted in the administration of over...

  The Benue government says the state has recorded 11 confirmed cases of lassa fever and four deaths. Paul Ogwuche,...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has intensified its Lassa fever response after confirming infections among frontline health...

The Enugu State government says it surpassed the national measles and rubella immunisation target of 85 per cent, recording “101...

The Enugu government says over 1.5 million children have so far received vaccination against measles and rubella within a week...

Cross River has recorded high acceptance of the measles-rubella vaccination campaign, driven by school sensitisation, community mobilisation, and coordinated efforts...

The wife of Ebonyi governor, Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, has appealed to families in the state to present their children and wards...

The Jigawa government has reassured residents of the state regarding safety of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV). Shehu Sambo, executive...

  Plateau State has confirmed an outbreak of Lassa fever affecting seven local government areas, with 11 positive cases and...

The Cross River State Health Insurance Agency (CRSHIA) has taken another step toward inclusive healthcare by presenting health insurance enrollment...

The federal government has begun cardiopulmonary resuscitation, basic life support, and automated external defibrillator training for its health ministry staff....

The Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support project has taken delivery of vaccines from the L-PRES National Coordination Office...

Lassa Fever has claimed the life of a senior medical doctor at the Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BUTH) in Jos,...

Madagascar and Comoros have recorded new surges in mpox cases even after the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said 17 people have died from Lassa fever across eight states in...

  The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu will flag off the state’s Measles-Rubella (MR), and Routine Immunisation...

The Ogun government has assured residents of adequate funding and logistics for the measles, rubella vaccination campaign scheduled for January...

The World Health Organisation has called on governments to significantly increase taxes on sugary drinks and alcohol to save lives....

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public to the recall of Mivacron...

  The Edo government says it is set to launch a statewide measles and rubella vaccination campaign targeting 2.2 million...

The Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, Dr Eric Odo, has pledged to ensure every child in...

Patients across the Federal Capital Territory are expressing concerns over skeletal services in general hospitals, citing closed pharmacies, absent laboratory...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said 1,119 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were recorded in...

The coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Muhammad Pate, says that the federal government has administered over 25 million...

  The UN has said cervical cancer is both preventable and curable with proper access to screening, vaccination and treatment....

The wife of Zamfara State governor, Huriyya Lawal, has cleared the medical bills of patients receiving treatment at the Yariman...

The Bauchi government says it immunised 3.7 million children during the 2025 Measles/Rubella (MR) vaccination exercise in the state. Ibrahim...

  Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Baamlong, has said the state recorded two confirmed cases of Lassa fever,...

Nigeria recorded a modest improvement in health financial risk protection in 2024, as out-of-pocket (OOP) spending fell to 58.3 per...

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has placed a ban on the Indomie brand Noodles...

The federal government has approved the disbursement of over ₦32 billion to the 36 states of the federation and the...