Health

Nigeria is rolling out one of the largest integrated vaccination campaigns in its history, aiming to protect around 106 million...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has urged state governments to invest strategically in health security, workforce...

  The federal ministry of health and Enugu State government have partnered to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths through the...

The Jigawa government has targeted 3.1 million children from the 27 LGAs of the state for the October integrated measles-rubella...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), said 166 people died from Lassa fever between January and September...

An Ebola outbreak declared in the DR Congo in early September has caused 42 deaths out of 64 confirmed cases...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says about 7.8 million children in Kano State will be vaccinated against measles rubella...

The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHDA) is set to begin a Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign across the 27...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Oyo State chapter, says it will begin a seven-day warning strike on Oct. 2 if...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that uncontrolled high blood pressure could put over 1.4 billion people at risk...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that two suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever recently...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a rise in confirmed Lassa fever cases, with 162...

A medical tribunal in the United Kingdom has been told how Dr. Suhail Anjum, a consultant anaesthetist at Tameside Hospital...

Public hospital doctors in Nigeria started a five-day strike following the breakdown of talks with government over pay and welfare...

The Chairman and Chief Executive of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Brigadier General, Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has lay...

The Federal Government has inaugurated the distribution of medical equipment and essential drugs valued at over N23 billion nationwide in...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has issued a recall notice for Embacef 125 Powder for...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in the new Lassa fever cases across...

The federal government says it will soon unveil the Nigeria strategic directions for nursing and midwifery, a blueprint to advance...

ABUJA - Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA) has commenced a campaign for the vaccination of children against...

World Animal Protection (WAP), an international organisation, says no fewer than 10 million people could die globally each year from...

The Federal Capital Territory Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA-FCT) has appealed to the Federal Government to honour the...

Nigeria has reported 822 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 155 deaths so far in 2025, according to the latest...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seized banned, expired, and unregistered items worth over ₦1.5...

ABUJA-JULY 29, 2025 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a total of 152 deaths from...

Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at the University College London, says there will be another pandemic, and it...

The World Health Organisation has called for the immediate global rollout of a breakthrough HIV drug, lenacapavir, that only requires...

Abuja-July 08. The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers...

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first medicine to prevent HIV that only has to be...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised an alarm over the rising number of cholera cases in Sudan, warning that...

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed eight new cases of Lassa fever in four states, bringing...

In response to the alarming levels of malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria, the European Union (EU) is allocating €500,000 (over N900...

Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of the Dangote Group, has called for Nigeria to limit its reliance on medical tourism and...

The Federal Government has pledged robust communication and advocacy support for the upcoming nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign scheduled for...

The World Health Organisation on Friday issued recommendations for two new immunisation tools to protect infants from Respiratory Syncytial Virus...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a total of 366 deaths from Lassa fever and meningitis...

The outbreak, which began less than a week ago, has already resulted in multiple fatalities, according to a report by...

By Progress Godfrey, Abuja Following the federal government’s launch of the National Guideline for Sodium Reduction, Resolve To Save Lives...

By Progress Godfrey, Abuja The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with other pro-nutrition...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has emphasised its commitment to due process in the...