A cancer patient accessing treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja, has taken to TikTok to expose the challenges faced by patients and healthcare workers during the just concluded nationwide doctors’ strike. Her video, which has gone viral,…

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Monday said Nasarawa State has an HIV prevalence rate of 2.0 per cent, with an estimated 23,306 People Living with HIV requiring treatment. The state coordinator for AHF, Dr Emmanuel Bichi, said this during a…

A range of blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs could help shift the trajectory of the global obesity epidemic, which affects over one billion people worldwide, the World Health Organisation said on Monday. A new generation of appetite-suppressing drugs called GLP-1…

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to renew their commitment to ending AIDS by 2030, calling on young people to take responsibility for their health and communities to reject stigma in all its forms. In her message commemorating…

Kwara State and 20 other states across the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, are set to repeat the polio component of the nationwide Integrated Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign earlier conducted in October 2025. The PUNCH reports that the exercise targeting…

At the 2025 National Health Dialogue, the Kaduna State government highlighted what it described as major strides in rebuilding the state’s health sector, citing improvements in primary healthcare, expanded workforce capacity, and strengthened emergency response systems. Despite these claims, PREMIUM…

The Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development on vaccine research and development. NIPRD is a Nigerian research institute that develops and promotes traditional medicine…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on African governments to increase domestic investment and strengthen health systems as countries mark the 2025 World AIDS Day. The global health agency said the continent must urgently protect hard-won gains against HIV…

Hannatu Samuel, a widow and mother of three in Nyanya, a community in the Federal Capital Territory, has been living with HIV for over 15 years and consistently taking her antiretroviral drugs, which have prevented her young children from contracting…

The Federal Government has made four emergency requests to the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision for cholera vaccines as the country grapples with a rising death toll from the disease. Nationwide data show that cholera has killed no fewer…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its 29-day nationwide strike after the Federal Government met part of its demands. However, the union warned that it would resume industrial action if the remaining conditions are not fulfilled within the…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its indefinite strike commenced 29 days ago. The decision was reached at an ‘extraordinary’ National Executive Council meeting held on Saturday. Confirming the development in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES,…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its indefinite strike commenced 29 days ago. The decision was reached at an ‘extraordinary’ National Executive Council meeting held on Saturday. Confirming the development in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES,…

The World Health Organisation has released its first-ever global guideline on infertility, calling on countries to make fertility care safer, fairer and more affordable. It comes as infertility affects 1 in 6 people of reproductive age worldwide, while access to…

Kidney stone disease (KSD), also known as nephrolithiasis, is a highly prevalent condition worldwide, representing one of the most common urological disorders. It is a hard deposit formed from minerals and salts in the urinary tract. Once considered uncommon in…