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As  the Meningitis season approaches, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued an advisory urging  Nigerians to be vigilant, "ACT FAST and report any suspected case to the nearest health centre." As one of the countries…

Donor funds from the Global Fund, US President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), among others, are enough to place no fewer than 3.2 million Nigerians  currently living with HIV virus on treatment, Director-General, National…

The Lagos State Government has once again restated its commitment towards the reduction of the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like hypertension, diabetes and cancers of the breast, cervix and prostate through the…

Abuja – The United States  Government through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), yesterday December 14, donated 2.9 million bed nets for distribution in Sokoto State.  The bed nets, valued at $8.1 million will be distributed in all…

Dr Ohen Geoffrey, Vice Chairman, Eko Hospital Board, Lagos, on Thursday called on governments at all levels to collaborate with the private sector on funding to help improve the healthcare services in the country. Geoffrey, made the call…

The Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA) has expressed worry over the mass exodus of healthcare professionals in Nigeria. The association raised this concern on Thursday, at the 2017 National Executive Council meeting of the association…

Abuja - Civil society organizations in Nigeria have called on the National Assembly to stop its proposed enactment of an Act to provide for the establishment of Non-Governmental Organisations  Regulatory Commission. Once enacted, the Act…

ABUJA - As the world commemorated the 2017 Universal Health Coverage Day on December 12, civil societies in Nigeria comprising Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR) and Track Health have…

Humanitarian interventions in reconstructing the devastations in North East Nigeria will require at least $1bn in 2018 to address.  The fund is needed to meet some of the needs of about 6.1 million people of 7.7 million in dire need of…

Says strike never the best option to get demands ABUJA - Newly-elected president, National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD), Dr Chinaka Ugochukwu, has said the priority of the group during his one-year tenure would be…