The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS says condom distribution in Nigeria fell by 55 per cent over the past year. Launching its 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response, on Tuesday, UNAIDS warned that the…

Nigeria has met two of the three 2030 global HIV targets, indicating significant progress in the country’s response to the epidemic and its efforts to improve HIV prevention, testing and treatment. This was disclosed by the Director General of the…

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria inducted 349 foreign-trained medical and dental doctors into the profession in the country on Tuesday in Abuja. These doctors, having passed the MDCN assessment examinations, were issued certificates that allow them to practise…

Nigeria has met two of the three global HIV targets set for 2030, marking one of the country’s strongest performances yet in its decades-long response to the epidemic. The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA),…

Sixteen-year-old Rabi Saleh has never set foot inside a hospital. Born with multiple disabilities and unable to walk or speak, her mother, Binta, relies on traditional herbs to manage her condition. The family lives in Farin Masallaci, a village under…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are among Africa’s greatest development threats, with deaths rising steadily and health systems increasingly burdened across the continent. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Mohamed Janabi, gave the warning Monday…

Nigeria’s efforts to curb recurring cholera outbreaks have received a major boost as the government of Japan, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), donated $500,000 worth of supplies to the federal government. The items, including treatment kits, medicines,…

For 55-year-old Luchit Daniel, memories of 2014 are permanently etched in pain. That year, Boko Haram insurgents stormed Kirawa, a village in the Gwoza LGA of Borno State, near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, brutally killing her two cousins. Her younger brother…

Some common infections are increasingly failing to respond to the medicines that once treated them effectively, a trend experts link to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes AMR as “one of the leading…

Top The Global Fund on Friday said it has secured pledges worth $11.34 billion to sustain the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, save millions of lives, and strengthen systems for health. In a statement published on its website, the…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical humanitarian organisation, said it has intensified its diphtheria response in Borno, Kano and Bauchi States following a rise in suspected cases that has stretched treatment centres and exposed longstanding gaps in vaccination coverage. In…

The Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), the flagship humanitarian project of First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday, distributed 10,000 customised disposable sanitary pads to schoolgirls across Niger State as part of a national menstrual hygiene intervention. The distribution, held at Aliyu…

The Federal Government has announced plans to expand the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, aiming to double its current coverage to reach at least 20 million Nigerians within the next year. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare,…

The Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, said it has been scaling up its diphtheria emergency response in collaboration with several state Ministries of Health since August, due to a growing increase in diphtheria cases in Borno, Kano, and…

The United Kingdom government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have provided equipment and infrastructure upgrades to health training institutions in Cross River State, a move they said is aimed at strengthening nursing and midwifery education and improving Nigeria’s health…