The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River State has commended Governor Bassey Otu for cracking down on unlicensed traditional medicine practitioners in Calabar, the state...
Nigeria has made significant strides in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, with 47.1 million people no longer requiring treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis (elephantiasis) and Onchocerciasis...
The seasonal influenza has arrived earlier than expected in Europe, and it’s spreading rapidly across the continent. At least 27 European countries are reporting “high or...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on supermarket owners to ensure that products sold to consumers are safe and...
Nigerian business mogul, Folorunso Alakija, has donated a N34 billion medical research and training hospital to Osun State University. The facility, named the Modupe and Folorunso...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a major conference on traditional medicine, highlighting the potential of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence to validate centuries-old healing...
The Controller General (CG) of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Sylvester Nwakuche, has appealed to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to include inmates in...
Professor Hilary Okoh, a renowned expert in Public Health Entomology and Parasitology, has sounded the alarm on the growing threat of malaria in Nigeria, highlighting the...
The Lagos State Government has unveiled two new health insurance packages designed to provide affordable healthcare coverage to Nigerians in the diaspora and visitors. The plans,...
The Kano State Government has proposed more than N40 billion for the health sector in the 2026 fiscal year, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran,...