Health Workforce Migration Fiscal Loss, Systemic Weakening – Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate has raised serious concerns over the accelerating exodus of healthcare professionals from Africa, calling...
World Health Day: Nigeria’s Health System Fails Mothers, Newborns – Experts
As the world observes World Health Day 2025 under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,” Nigerian health experts are raising urgent alarms about the country’s faltering...
Stakeholders Make Strong Economic Case For Vaccines Amid Shrinking Donor Support
Amid growing concerns over declining international donor support, stakeholders from across Nigeria’s health, policy and development sectors have come together to make a powerful...
Health Stakeholders Demand Urgent Vaccine Funds Release, Call For Local Production
Health stakeholders and public health advocates have issued an urgent call for the immediate release of vaccine funds, alongside a significant increase in budgetary...
Desertification & Drought Day 2025: Urgent Call To Restore Land, Boost Global Opportunities
The focus of Desertification and Drought Day 2025, marked annually on June 17, is an ambitious global push to restore 1.5 billion hectares of...
NHIA Rolls Out New Measures To Tackle Healthcare Delays, Improve Patient Care
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced a set of reforms to address persistent delays in healthcare service authorization and improve the overall...
Technology, Neutral Tool For Socio-Economic Development — NITDA DG
The director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi has emphasised the need to view technology as a neutral tool capable of...
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Cases Surge In Nigeria Amid Public Health Response – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has raised concerns over the rising number of suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) across the country.
In...
Gavi-Funded Meningitis Vaccines Arrive Nigeria To Boost Outbreak Response
Nigeria has received over one million doses of the pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat the ongoing meningitis...
Leverage Research, Innovation For Climate Change Solutions – Nnaji
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji has called for cross-disciplinary collaboration to develop innovative solutions to climate change.
He emphasised the...