Health

US signs MoU with Nigeria to strengthen its health system

The United States Department of State on December 20, 2025 signed a five-year bilateral health Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Republic of Nigeria to strengthen Nigeria’s health...

Brains on the Move: How workforce gaps are crippling Nigeria’s health agenda

By Adedayo Aderibigbe,Public Health Physician Nigeria is internationally classified as a low-middle-income country (LMIC) despite its regional reputation as...

Lagos govt holds fitness walk, safety drive ahead of Eyo festival

Ahead of the annual Eyo masquerade festival, the Lagos State Government on Tuesday staged a fitness walk and...

Why Lagos moves to strengthen local emergency committees

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening emergency preparedness at the...

NGO trains journalists on ethical reporting of SGBV

A non governmental organisation, Women Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), has trained journalists on ethical reporting of Sexual...
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Lagos gives update on the outbreak of Cholera

The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Mrs. Kemi Ogunyemi, says, the number of recorded fatalities as a result of the...

Health expert warns of increasing threat of hospital-acquired infections

By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu Lagos, Oct. 28, 2025. Prof. Nwose Uba, a Professor of Public Health from the University of Queensland, Australia, has called for intensified...

Life expectancy: NHF tasks FG on heart-friendly milk, home-grown production

Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) has urged Federal Government to invest in and expand home grown production of milk to increase life expectancy in the country.

WHO Wants Media Attention On People In Health Crisis

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has urged the media and the international community to give the Tigray crisis the attention it deserves.

Immediate action required to prevent malnutrition in Zambia – UNICEF

Lagos, Almost 52,000 children under the age of five in the 84 drought-affected districts in Zambia are expected to fall into severe wasting...

Protect children from Polio virus – LG Chairman begs residents

Mr Shedrack Azubuike, Local Government Chairman of Orumba South, Anambra State, has appealed to residents to present their children for Immunisation against Polio virus. Azubuike...
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