FG activates task force over diphtheria outbreak in Katsina, Kano
…Deploys 500,000 vaccine doses, expands treatment centres By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja ABUJA — The Federal Government has activated an emergency multi-agency task force to contain a diphtheria outbreak affecting children in parts of Katsina and Kano states. As part of the immediate response, the government has deployed 500,000 doses of diphtheria vaccines to the two […]
No woman should die of cervical cancer – Health Minister
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has declared that no woman should die of cervical cancer, describing the disease as both preventable and treatable.
Fresh concerns as 2.1m Nigerian children miss immunisation
As the world marks World Immunisation Week 2026, fresh concerns have been raised over Nigeria’s growing number of unimmunised children, calling for urgent and coordinated action to close the gap.
World Malaria Day: Local drugs, APIs key to ending disease — Emzor
As the world marks the 2026 World Malaria Day, Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has declared that scaling local drug production and investing in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, APIs, are critical to ending malaria in Nigeria, which still bears the heaviest global burden of the disease.
National health emergency: Why careless food choices are killing Nigerians
Across markets in Nigeria, shoppers’ decisions are made in seconds. A mother reaching for a packet of noodles, a bottle of cooking oil, and a loaf of bread, does not check the sodium levels, trans fats or sugar content.
Lagos tightens Ilera Eko enforcement, targets hospitals, expands access
•Trains 72 journalists, rolls out ‘EasyPay’ to ease enrolment By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Olasukanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Monday said it has intensified enforcement of its compulsory health insurance scheme, ILERA EKO, shifting focus to healthcare providers and service delivery even as it expands access through new payment options and aggressive […]
Vaccines have saved more than 150m lives – WHO
The UN health agency is calling for renewed commitments to build more sustainable national programmes, stronger integration with primary healthcare
NMA in chaos: Delegates suspend NOC, reinstate disqualified candidates
By Chioma Obinna The crisis rocking the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, at the national level escalated on Wednesday as delegates at an Emergency Delegates Meeting, EDM, in Abuja voted to suspend the National Officers’ Committee, NOC, reverse the disqualification of six electoral candidates, and install a caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the association. […]
Nigeria, Sudan, eight others home to two-thirds of world’s most hungry – UN
Two-thirds of people facing food crises globally last year lived in just 10 countries, with a third of them in Sudan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN-backed yearly report said Friday.
US eases access to marijuana for medical use
The US government on Thursday made it easier for Americans to use cannabis for medical reasons by reclassifying the drug and enabling more research into its safety and efficacy.
10 contacts traced, isolated as COVID-19 case hits Cross River
Cross River State has identified and isolated 10 persons who came in contact with a Chinese national recently confirmed to have COVID-19
