
Medical experts have raised the alarm over the rising burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Nigeria and across Africa, calling for urgent policy reforms,...

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has described the 10,000-litre oxygen plant donated to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) as the...

By Abujah Racheal The National Council on Health (NCH) has approved a policy to lower the age of consent for voluntary HIV testing in Nigeria from...

By Habibu Harisu Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in collaboration with the Sokoto State Ministry of Health has offered free reconstructive surgeries to 1,074 indigent patients from...

Health experts have called for urgent, coordinated action to end tuberculosis stigma and expand funding interventions, stressing that Nigeria’s rising TB burden threatens national health goals...

In a world increasingly threatened by contaminated water and chemical pollution, a young Nigerian scientist is standing at the forefront of innovation. Motunrayo Oladele, a doctoral...

Lagos State took a decisive step toward overhauling its health financing landscape on Tuesday with the unveiling of the Lagos Private Health Partnership (LPHP)—a sweeping reform...

The battle for Nigeria’s public health is not being fought in noisy legislative chambers or on the streets where tobacco advertisements once loomed large. Instead, it...

By Folasade Akpan The Nigerian Law Reform Commission (NLRC) has urged stricter regulation of religious activities linked to health practices to curb human rights abuses and...

On Friday, Johannesburg will become the nerve centre of a world confronted by old epidemics and new uncertainties. Leaders from every region—presidents, prime ministers, ministers of...