Health

  A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown major progress in the global fight against measles,...

  By Abasi Ita Public health experts and major stakeholders have expressed deep concern over the rising cases of Tuberculosis...

  The World Health Organisation says tuberculosis cases are on a downward trajectory for the first time since the COVID-19...

  The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, says Nigeria continues to record about 850,000 preventable newborn...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control announced in Abuja on Tuesday that enforcement of the total...

  The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Keffi in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, has successfully performed at least 18 open-heart surgeries on...

  The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) distributed over 320 million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and 450 million blisters of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine...

As the strike by members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) enters its fifth day, the federal government...

  Commissioner for Health in Yola, Adamawa State, Felix Tangwami, has said a cholera outbreak in Mubi Local Government Area...

The Kaduna government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, has intensified efforts to improve access to education and...

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a recall notice for two batches...

  The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Sokoto field office, has expressed concern over the refusal of about 3,000 households...

The Katsina State government, in collaboration with UNICEF, has renewed its commitment to the fight against preventable child diseases by...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says 172 deaths have been recorded from Lassa fever in 21 states....

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for stronger integration of eye care into health systems, increased investment, and targeted...

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...