Children bear brunt as funding crisis threatens global HIV gains – New report
By Chioma Obinna Children are increasingly bearing the brunt of the global HIV response as funding cuts disrupt prevention, testing and treatment services, with 2.27 million children and adolescents aged 0–19 living with HIV in 2025. The UNAIDS Special Report for AIDS 2026, released Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, showed […]
Nigeria slow eliminating HIV as women contribute 90% new infections in children
Many more HIV positive pregnant women need to be accessing PMTCT services during antenatal care
Crisis in NHIS is a total collapse of regulation — Pharm. Alkali
NHIS managers over the years failed in their regulatory role to ensure that the Health Management Organisations, HMOs, do the right thing based on the guideline
Global access to basic health services my priority — WHO DG, Dr. Tedros
Improving global health requires effective engagement with all Member States and across multiple sectors
Diarrhoea, pneumonia leading killer diseases among children in Lagos— PSN-PACFaH
COALITION of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PSN-PACFaH) has raised alarm over rising cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia among children in Lagos State despite the availability of effective drugs to combat the scourge.
Aro becomes WHO disease study centre
Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta has been named by the World Health Organization, WHO, as one of the two sites conducting the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11) field studies in Nigeria.
