Isaac Adewole

“Without prejudice to what is currently obtainable at SHMC, the intention to revert to a clinic is a presidential directive. This is to make sure that the facility is functional and serves the purpose for which it was established, ab…

Three months after a probe panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to look into alleged infractions by suspended Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Prof Usman Yusuf, submitted its report, the president has…

The Federal Government has renewed the appointment of Prof. Auwal M. Abubakar as the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa State, for a second and final term of four years. The appointment takes effect from 2nd …

“Each day, nearly 4,500 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 54 million lives since the year 2000 and reduced the TB…

• as global incidence falls ABUJA - The Federal Government has expressed concerns over the rising cases of malaria between 2017 and 2018 in Nigeria. This comes at a time global incidence of the disease is reported to have decreased…

For Nigeria to achieve universal health coverage, a coalition of Civil Society Organizations and Other Professional Associations in the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale, PACFaH@Scale, has highlighted what…

Marcus Fatunmole (Abuja) Relief is on the way for persons with hearing loss and related challenges in Nigeria as an international non-governmental organization, Starkey Hearing Foundation, has pledged to provide them screening and…

... Says 4,000 PHCs revitalized …Pledges increased access to functional PHCs in 2019 Marcus Fatunmole (Abuja) The Executive-Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said his…