The pan-African organization Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the government to increase taxes on tobacco as part of its effort to control its consumption among the country's children.
The non-profit organization said the high tax on...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said it intends to support the Nigerian government with the provision of two primary health care centers (PHCs) in each district of the country.
This was revealed by the Head of Public Health,...
World Health Organization (WHO) regional director Matshidiso Moeti has called for a complete ban on public smoking and the use of e-cigarettes and vaping in all African countries.
This is contained in a statement issued by the organization on Friday...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has launched a National Genomic Surveillance Consortium (NGSC) to improve the country's public health infrastructure and strengthen health security.
According to NCDC Director General Jide Idris, the consortium will position Nigeria...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that half of the world's total population does not have access to essential healthcare despite global efforts.
According to the director general of the world body, Tedros Ghebreyesus, a significant number of people...
As global health authorities gather for the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA), Nigeria's Coordinating Minister for Health and Welfare, Muhammad Pate, recommended the continuation of ongoing negotiations for a treaty on pandemics and review of the International Health Regulations.
Speaking...
Nigerian Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has lamented that health systems remain weak in many developing countries like Nigeria, in part because they continue to lose their trained health professionals to developed countries that did not...
Every month, Sadiya Maikasuwa, 40, is reminded that the cost of living crisis means more to her than high food prices. She now spends twice what she used to on sanitary pads, a monthly expense that she must...
As part of its efforts to boost economic growth in the Niger Delta, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, also known as PIND Foundation, has said it has provided electricity to some primary health care (PHC)...
