By Adeyemi Adeleye The Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) has unveiled a month-long nationwide awareness programme to promote its Heart Mark Logo initiative, aimed at reducing...
By Justina Auta The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has expressed concern over the unauthorised circulation of a publication presenting state-by-state HIV figures...
Drugs By Stella Kabruk The Kaduna State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (KADSAMHSA) plans to institutionalise community-based outreach programmes to curb HIV and hepatitis...
By Okeoghene Akubuike Diagnostic accuracy among clinical health workers in Nigeria’s public health facilities has declined, dropping from 56.2 per cent in 2023 to 46.1 per...
Dr Muazu Omeiza, Executive Director of the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, has lauded Gov. Ahmed Ododo for fulfilling his pledge of cash rewards...
The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Mr Abubakar Suleiman, has introduced a bill to curb unsafe childbirth practices and unregulated blood transfusions in...
By Justina Auta Stakeholders in the health sector have called on the Federal Government to adopt innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms to strengthen the prevention and...
By Justina Auta Dr Alayo Sopekan, National Coordinator, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Division, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, says eight per cent of Nigeria’s population...
Illness By Cecilia Ologunagba UN World Health Organisation (WHO) and health authorities in Burundi are racing to identify a mysterious illness that has claimed five lives...
By Okeoghene Akubuike Diagnostic accuracy among clinical health workers in Nigeria’s public health facilities has declined, dropping from 56.2 per cent in 2023 to 46.1 per...