Health

To improve Nigeria’s fight against malaria morbidity and mortality, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Friday hosted key health players and experts to reevaluate its approach and strategies. The event themed: “Ministerial Roundtable Meeting: Rethinking Malaria Elimination in Nigeria,”...

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Oyo State chapter, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike should state authorities fail to accede to their requests. The association issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government, saying at...

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is preparing to host an inaugural HIV Prevention Conference in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by the agency’s public relations officer, Toyin Aderibige. The conference,...

The UN World Health Organsation (WHO) has started a mass vaccination campaign in Niger’s Niamey region in response to an ongoing meningitis outbreak.The UN health agency, in a statement, said the vaccination campaign against meningitis outbreak began on Thursday. “More...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mohammad Pate; Director-General of the National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Moji Adeyeye, among other health experts and policymakers, will on Tuesday address the issue of the rising cost...

Kano State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to compel intending couples to undergo HIV, hepatitis and sickle cell anaemia screening before marriage. The passage followed deliberations in the Committee of the Whole House during the...

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, has said Nigeria’s over-reliance on imports and foreign products contributes more to the rising cost of medications nationwide. She spoke on Tuesday at...

In his statement, Mr. Tangwami pointed fingers at parents who refused to have their children immunized as the cause of the outbreak. The news of 19 children possibly killed by complications from measles in Adamawa was reported by NewslodgeNigeria.

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, on Thursday, launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across the continent.The three West African countries are the latest to...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone have launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions of children across the three West African nations.WHO said this in a statement...