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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President Tinubu appoints Ilori as new NACA DG

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial...

Yellow Fever: NCDC Announces 14 Deaths In 10 States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever between January to July 2022.

Federal, state urge to implement public health laws

By Vincent Obi Enugu, June 11, 2024 - An appeal has gone to the Federal and state governments to implement the public health laws in...

Death toll of cholera reaches 15 in Ebonyi State

Izzi (Ebonyi) - Nigeria - Mr Steven Nwankpa, Chairman of Izzi Local Government Area (LGA), has warned the people of Ndibokote Ezzainyimegu community to...

FG reaffirms commitment to strengthening specialist medical training

Lagos, Nigeria, September 18, 2025: The Federal Government has restated its commitment to strengthening postgraduate medical education in Nigeria as the National Postgraduate Medical...

How River blindness, elephantiasis were eliminated in Anambra – Commissioner

Anambra State Government in partnership with Carter Centre said it has successfully eliminated two Neglected Tropical Diseases - River Blindness and Elephantiasis, through mass...
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