The Director of the Primary Health Care (PHC) in Nangere Local Government Area of Yobe State, Ibrahim Lawan, has accepted responsibility for the diversion of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) under his care. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an alert over the unauthorised production and sale of an unregistered drug in the country. The product name is B-GAG Healthy Medicine with batch number 0070. According…

The National Health Insurance Authority and stakeholders have agreed on a new medicine and services pricing structure. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the acting Director of Media and Public Relations at the NHIA, Emmanuel Ononokpono. The…

The Nigerian government said on Tuesday that the death toll from the rampaging cholera outbreak has risen to 63, and 2,102 suspected cases. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Jide Idris, disclosed this while giving…

The Nigerian government has established an Advisory on Malaria Elimination (AMEN) structure and a Ministerial Task Force to intensify efforts towards malaria elimination. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Senior Adviser on Media and External Relations to…

The Adamawa State Ministry of Health has partnered with the Society for Family Health (SFH) on a campaign to prevent malaria in children. SFH announced the launch of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in a post on X. According…

Cases of severe gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestine confirmed to be caused by cholera, have been detected in Kirikiri Medium Security Prison in Lagos State. The state government confirmed in a statement on Sunday that it detected…

The Nasarawa State Government on Monday said it has recorded 29 suspected cases of cholera in the Kokona and Nasarawa Eggon local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Gaza Gwamna made this known while speaking at the…

A member of the House of Representatives says the House will support the campaign for the privatisation and commercialisation of the federal teaching hospitals, to enhance efficiency and better healthcare delivery. The Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Amos…

The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (NWAN) and other stakeholders have called for collaboration among medical practitioners to strengthen healthcare delivery in the country. The experts made this call on Thursday in Abuja at the association’s Women in Medicine, Health,…

As part of efforts to revitalise Nigeria’s health sector, President Bola Tinubu has signed an Executive Order aiming to boost local production of healthcare products and reduce costs. The targeted healthcare products include pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, devices such as needles and…

Juliana Innocent lives in Unwaba-Oju, a village in Otahe Ward of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State in the north-central region of Nigeria. Accessing health services for Mrs Innocent and other residents of Unwaba-Oju is difficult as there is…

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, says the state government will designate one of its general hospitals as a centre for ophthalmic speciality to improve care for patients with eye conditions. Mr Abayomi said this during the 4th…

Founder and Executive Director of the Molluma Yakubu Centre for Medical Law, Gloria Ballason, has called for urgent legislative reforms to ensure justice for victims of medical negligence in Nigeria. She and other lawyers made the call on Thursday in…

Towards addressing the worsening food crisis in Nigeria’s North-east the United Nations has announced the allocation of $11 million to the country. The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffith, who disclosed this on Wednesday on X, the microblogging…