Health

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigeria recorded 411 confirmed cases and 72 deaths from Lassa fever across 21 states of the federation from week one to week six of 2024. The NCDC in its latest situation...

The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that Lassa fever had claimed 14 lives in the state. Hyacinth Ebenyi, the director of Public Health at the ministry, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of...

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has tasked the legislative arms of government to enact a new bill to help people with kidney disease and enact essential regulations to combat the country’s developing organ trafficking challenge.Mr Obasanjo made the call on...

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has urged the state government to declare a state of emergency on hepatitis and other deadly diseases following the death of 28 persons in Doma Local Government Area of the state. The Speaker of...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of key health infrastructure and equipment across all six geo-political zones in line with his administration’s vision of overhauling the health and social welfare sector for enhanced service delivery to all...

Nigeria grapples with the highest prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) in Africa with an estimated total of 479,000 cases in 2022. Yet, the inadequacy of a revolutionary diagnostic tool impedes the nation’s fight against this infectious disease, ALFRED OLUFEMI reports. At...

The African Union (AU) has appointed President Bola Tinubu as Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri...

Experts in Nigeria’s health sector have called for coordinated efforts in the implementation of the recently developed Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHISRII). The initiative, launched by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, in December...

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE SECTOR In furtherance of his determination to bring world-class standards to Nigerian public health administration and to manifest his commitment to deliver affordable and quality care to all Nigerians under...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has raised the alarm over the weather conditions across the country, noting that “air temperatures hit 41°C over the North and 39°C over the South with model projections indicating temperatures to remain high in...