The World Health Organisation has issued its first-ever guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infertility, calling on countries to overhaul how fertility care is delivered and financed. The guideline lands as infertility affects an estimated 1 in 6…

Health advocates have renewed calls for Nigeria to take full ownership of its HIV response, warning that dependence on foreign donors threatens long-term sustainability of treatment, prevention, and care services. The call was made on Thursday at a media engagement…

State governments on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescent girls, promising to sustain and build on the achievements of ongoing initiatives. The commitment was made in Abuja at the Adolescent 360 Amplify project dissemination meeting,…

The Federal Ministry of Health says the health sector is experiencing unprecedented momentum. This momentum, it says, is driven by a series of major developments strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system, spanning international partnerships, technological innovations, and critical private-sector support. In a…

Health sector leaders and policymakers on Thursday outlined urgent steps Nigeria must take to strengthen primary healthcare (PHC) delivery and mobilise sustainable financing in a rapidly shifting post-aid environment. They spoke at the 2025 National Health Dialogue hosted by PREMIUM…

A cardiovascular disease researcher, Aminat Dosunmu, has raised fresh concerns over the rising burden of cardiovascular illnesses in Nigeria, warning that the country is approaching a public health crisis without adequate national preparedness. Cardiovascular disease is a broad term for…

Stakeholders on Thursday urged local ownership of HIV programmes, reducing dependence on foreign donors, and advocated for local manufacturing of HIV medications and supplies to ensure sustainability. They emphasised the need for Nigeria to take control of its HIV response…

Top officials from the Nigerian Ministry of Health and its agencies have pledged to pursue evidence-driven reforms, promote innovation, and strengthen financing to improve healthcare service delivery nationwide. The commitment was made on Thursday during the National Health Dialogue held…

Nigeria’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, said the federal government is pushing for the highest health allocation in Nigeria’s history, ending wasteful spending practices and strengthening accountability across the system. Speaking during a fireside chat at the…

It was 1 a.m. on 9 October, when 25-year-old Sadiya Sirajo felt the sharp waves of labour. Her estimated due date (EDD) had arrived. But there was one problem. At Kwadabe, where she lived in Kiyawa Local Government Area (LGA)…

Healthcare experts have called for an urgent overhaul of the referral process in Lagos, including a real-time digital bed-availability system to end the persistent “no bed syndrome” in hospitals across the state. They made the call on Wednesday in Lagos…

The Gender-Based Violence Taskforce in Ebonyi State says it recorded 367 cases of gender-based violence and two deaths between January and November. The State Coordinator of the agency, Mrs Faithvin Nwanchor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency…

Nigeria’s leading pharmaceutical company, Fidson Healthcare Plc, announces the appointment of two new female Independent Non-Executive Directors, Amina Mohammed-Baloni and Hannah Emanehi Oyebanjo, to its Board. This strategic decision, reached at a recent Board meeting, is aimed at enhancing corporate…

A resident of Washington State has died after contracting a rare strain of bird flu previously found only in animals, state health officials said — marking the second human fatality linked to the virus in the United States this year.…

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has warned Nigerians against a fabricated graphic circulating online claiming that HIV prevalence in Port Harcourt has “risen to 86%.” In a statement released via X on Sunday, the ministry described the…