The Ministry of Health has launched revised key policy documents that will guide the management of Tuberculosis and Asthma in the country. Acting Director-General for...
Although cancer care has improved significantly in many African countries over the past decade, challenges in prevention, detection and treatment services, as well as financial...
Nigerian Government last week began the administration of Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccination in the country. This information was revealed by the Minister of...
Almost two years after Africa identified its first case of COVID-19 (14 February 2020), the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that, if current trends continue,...
The House of Representatives Tuesday urged the National Drugs Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria to liaise with...
Lagos State Government has inaugurated its Secondary School Eye Health Programme in continuation of its effort to reduce visual impairment and eye conditions that could...
The Commonwealth Secretariat and the World Health Organization (WHO) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing to strengthening their collaboration on a broad range...
With greatly reduced political violence in South Sudan, both refugees and internally displaced persons are slowly returning to their original settlements. However, returning home has...
Nigeria has lost 175 people to cholera outbreaks in 2021 across twenty-three local government areas of Kaduna States. Dr Amina Muhammed-Baloni, the Commissioner of Health...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has asked the Federal Government to expedite action on the payment of omitted 2020 Medical Residency Training Fund...