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,…
by Adekunle Yusuf Doing by the projections of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Federal Government has set a 10-year target to provide full health insurance coverage for all…
By PAUL EZEOKE The federal government has been urged to take proactive measures to reverse the prevailing recession and stimulate economic growth to reduce increasing rate of depression and mental…
Kano State Government is to enrol 553 people living with HIV/AIDS to access free healthcare services, Aminu Bello-Sani, the Public Relations Officer, Kano State Agency for the Control of Aids…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 617 new infections of the COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC made this known on its verified website on Saturday. The…
The Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), Sokoto State Chapter, said on Sunday that stigmatisation was their greatest challenge in the northwestern state. The Coordinator,…
Minister of State for Health, Sen. Adeleke Mamora, said in Calabar on Saturday that Nigeria must pay greater attention to the psychiatric health of the people as the nation grappled…
By MOHAMMED SABIU President of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), Professor Edward Alikor, has disclosed that an estimated 162,000 children below the age of five, die annually in the…
By Chioma Obinna & Joseph Erunke NIGERIA requires an estimated N154 billion to control and eradicate Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, such as elephantiasis, Buruli ulcer, river blindness and leprosy amongst…
HIV medication Many hospitals in Nigeria now dispense drugs that will last for three months to people living with HIV. First Co-chairman, Coalition of Civil Society Networks on HIV and…
Psychiatrists task FG to set up mental health departments in FMOH By Sola Ogundipe The Senate is set to pass the National Health Bill for the third reading in November…
TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile videos, has launched the “Move for Mental Health: Let’s Invest” challenge, working together with the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Federation for…