Latest Nigeria health news and updates
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has called for the full integration of community pharmacists into Nigeria’s rimary healthcare and health insurance systems, arguing that their exclusion from key areas of healthcare delivery is undermining access to medicines and progress towards universal health coverage. The association made the call at its 45th Annual…
The National President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Dr. Ifeanyi Casmir, has warned that the current Ebola outbreak in parts of Central Africa could become one of the most dangerous in recent years if urgent measures are not taken to strengthen disease surveillance, laboratory systems and emergency response mechanisms across…
Gender justice advocates and reproductive health experts have called for menstrual health and dignity to be recognised as a fundamental human rights issue, warning that millions of women and girls worldwide continue to face discrimination, exclusion and worsening period poverty amid economic hardship, climate disasters and humanitarian crises. The call was made during a virtual…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has cleared Food & Food Integrated Company Limited, producers of BON Bread, of any wrongdoing following an investigation into claims that one of its bread products remained unmoulded for more than two months. In a statement issued on May 17, the agency said it launched…
(Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, Prof. Ajayi, Deaconess Ayo, MD/CEO Triumph power and Gas System, Limited, Mr Bolaji Ososami, Olori Comfort Olayinka Kiladejo of Ondo Kingdom, Mrs Simon-Hart and the Publisher Inspiration House Publishing, Ibadan, Mrs Olufunsho OmololaBalepo) A book documenting the cancer journey of the late Dr. Adenike Adeniran was on Tuesday presented in Lagos, with medical…
Former Aviation Minister and Chancellor of the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, Osita Chidoka, has challenged Nigerian pharmaceutical manufacturers to abandon what he described as an “alibi culture” of excuses and embrace global quality standards to strengthen the country’s health security and industrial competitiveness. Chidoka gave the charge at the 29th National Conference and…
The Lagos State Government has unveiled fresh healthcare financing, workforce and infrastructure reforms aimed at closing an estimated N100 billion gap between current health sector funding and projected healthcare needs in the state. Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, said mandatory health insurance and stronger public-private partnerships would drive the reforms as the state seeks to…
Global efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis are yielding measurable results, but progress remains too slow and uneven to meet the 2030 elimination targets, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. In its Global Hepatitis Report 2026, unveiled at the World Hepatitis Summit in Bangkok, the WHO disclosed that while new infections and deaths have declined…
The World Health Organization has prequalified the first-ever malaria treatment specifically designed for newborns and young infants. The development marks a major breakthrough aimed at closing a long-standing treatment gap for one of the most vulnerable populations. It was announced ahead of World Malaria Day 2026, the global health body said the newly approved medicine,…
Nigeria is set to host the world’s most significant high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) yet, as global health leaders warn that the growing misuse of medicines could trigger a deadly public health crisis, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The 5th High Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance will take place in Abuja from…