Lack of newborn hearing screening delays care for children with hearing loss – Audiologist
A clinical audiologist, Dr. Simeon Afolabi, has said that the absence of a sustained newborn hearing screening programme in Nigeria’s public hospitals is contributing to late detection of hearing loss in children, limiting their access to effective treatment. Dr. Afolabi, who works at BSA Hearing and Speech Centre, Lagos, spoke during a cochlear implant information…
Lagos takes health reform to next level with NHF interviews
Lagos State has taken its drive to strengthen grassroots healthcare delivery to a new level with the conduct of physical interviews for the National Health Fellows (NHF) Programme, Cohort 2.0, aimed at producing a new generation of health system leaders for local government areas. The two-day interview exercise, held on January 12 and 13 at…
LSBTS rallies communities for life-saving donations as Lagos faces blood shortages
With hospitals under pressure from rising emergencies and a fragile blood supply system, the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) has sounded the alarm, mobilising donor advocates, partners and civil society groups to avert a looming blood crisis in the state. At the 2026 Blood Donor Mobiliser Stakeholders’ Engagement held on Wednesday in Alausa, Ikeja,…
Public health fears as US pares back childhood vaccine list
Public health experts have raised the alarm after the United States sharply reduced the number of vaccines recommended for all children, warning that the move could weaken protection against several preventable diseases and reverse decades of progress in child health. Under the new guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), routine…
Lagos steps up push for safe, sustainable blood supply
The Lagos State Government has stepped up efforts to guarantee a safe, adequate and sustainable blood supply, as the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) took its voluntary blood donation campaign directly to residents at the State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. The awareness and one-on-one sensitisation campaign, held on Tuesday as part of activities marking LSBTS…
PWDAN urges FG to fully implement drug distribution guidelines
Pharm. Ogeneochuko Omaruaye, national chairman, PWADAN addressing the press. …..As Nigeria Marks 2025 Fight the Fakes Week The Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (PWDAN) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to fully implement the National Drug Distribution Guidelines (NDDG) to curb the rising tide of falsified and substandard medicines in the…
IVF failures in focus as FAAI advocates for awareness, support, and solutions
The panelists session. L-R: Dr Victor Ajayi, fertility specialist; Mrs Precious Balogun, Fertility Counsellor, and Mr Pillot Balogun, Psychologist, all of Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos during the forum on failed IVF cycles organized by the Fertility Awareness Advocate Initiative (FAAI) held at the Radisson Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, recently. In Nigeria, where infertility remains heavily stigmatized,…
Workshop pushes One Health approach to tackle AMR, food safety, climate threats
From R-L: Representative of Minister of LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT, Dr Salome Bawa, Chief Regulatory Officer of NAFDAC, Hajiya Sidikat KAMAL and Representative of DG( NAFDAC), Hajiya Ummu Bobboi at the National Workshop on Strengthening Anti-Microbial Resistance Surveillance held in Abuja today. A multi-stakeholder workshop on “Strengthening AMR Surveillance, Biosafety and Climate-Smart Agriculture through a One Health…
Progress stalls as violence against women remains unchanged in 26 years, advocates warn
With barely any progress recorded in more than two decades, advocates have raised alarm over the “unacceptable” stagnation in global efforts to protect women and girls from violence ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, marked on November 25. Despite global advocacy and countless policy commitments, 1 in…
Climate Change pushing Africa into deeper health crisis, new Lancet report warns
Africa is sliding into a widening health and economic crisis driven by climate change, a landmark Health Policy paper published in The Lancet has warned, calling for urgent action as world leaders head to COP30. The report, released by Lancet Countdown Africa, shows that rising temperatures are already worsening infectious diseases, deepening food insecurity, degrading…