A professional medical doctor who is also a sickle cell survivor (warrior), Dr. David Owoeye, has in the course of raising public awareness on the dangers posed by the dreaded…
The World Health Organization welcomes a new funding commitment made by the United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care to support Nigeria in strengthening her health workforce in the…
The Executive Director of the Deaf Women Aloud Initiative, Mrs. Hellen Beyioku-Alase, has called on governments at all levels to make health insurance accessible to People Living with Disabilities. She…
Ahead of the World Malaria Day 2023, Nigeria has made history as the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given provisional approval for the use…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS with 25.6 million persons already infected with the virus. WHO’s Regional Director for…
More than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus, according to a World Health Organisation scorecard. The Viral Hepatitis Scorecard…
Hope rises after many years of search for the Human Immune Virus (HIV) as a new study from Tel Aviv University proposes a novel AIDS treatment that could be turned…
Dr Chris Isokpunwu Agency report The Federal Government says it disbursed N86 billion for the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHPF) as at June. The Secretary of the Oversight Committee of…
The Aides Small Project International (ASPI), an International Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), has pledged to support Nigeria in boosting healthcare services and address challenges in the post COVID-19 era. Mr Moses Owharo,…
The Federal Ministry of Health says the country’s efforts in the Tuberculosis (TB) response has led to the treatment of over one million Nigerians from 2011 till date. The Minister…
The Francis and Felicia Umenyi Foundation (FFUF), has called for the right to quality healthcare in the Patient Bill Right (PBR) to be extended to vulnerable population that does not…
One hundred people living with HIV/AIDS have been enrolled into the Anambra State Health Insurance scheme for a period of two years. The enrollment facilitated by the State Ministry of…
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners launched the first-ever global strategy to end meningitis – a debilitating disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year.…
HIV About 400,000 Nigerian drug users who exchange needles and syringes as a group while ingesting drugs are responsible for the spread of HIV in the country. Dr Gambo Aliyu,…
The Federal Government has announced that it is working to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory, starting with employees in the public service. It noted that although the process will be gradual,…