Latest Nigeria health news and updates
The Federal Government has launched a mobile application to support healthcare providers with real-time, evidence-based guidance on antibiotic use as part of efforts to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the country. The app, known as Surveillance and Prescribing Support for Antimicrobial Stewardship Resource Capacity Building (SPARC), is now live and accessible to qualified health professionals….
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has started talks with the Federal Government over doctors’ pay and working conditions. The NMA says the discussions are going well and that the planned strike may not happen after all. Earlier this month, the NMA gave the government a 21-day deadline to withdraw a circular from the National Salaries,…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is raising a red flag about a serious but often overlooked health problem: loneliness. According to a new report, loneliness is not just an emotional issue—it is now a growing global health threat that can cause illness, early death, and even worsen poverty. Nigeria, with its social and economic struggles,…
Aishatu Abbas, right, a Mama-to-Mama women’s group member, speaks to staff members, foundation employees, and Ali Pate, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria, in Gombe State, Nigeria.* ©Gates Archive/Adeokun Adesegun Global health efforts have saved millions of lives over the past few decades. But now, those gains are under threat as funding becomes…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm over worsening hunger and health conditions in Gaza, warning that starvation and malnutrition-related deaths are now compounding the region’s humanitarian crisis. Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Gaza’s 2.1 million residents are facing “yet another killer”—hunger—alongside…
…Medical Guild alleges breach of trust, convenes emergency meeting Medical doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government have raised the alarm over what they described as a “clandestine, hostile, and illegal” deduction from their July salaries without prior notice or consultation. The aggrieved doctors, operating under the aegis of the Medical Guild—the umbrella…
With heavy rains and flash floods displacing thousands across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised the alarm over the heightened risk of deadly disease outbreaks, including cholera, yellow fever, and dengue fever. The warning follows a forecast by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), which identified Sokoto, Kaduna, Zamfara,…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for first reading a bill seeking to prohibit public and civil servants, including their immediate families, from patronising private healthcare and school facilities in Nigeria. The bill was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Abia State, Amobi Godwin Ogah. Speaking at a press briefing after the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Thursday, commission three newly completed cancer treatment centres in Katsina, Benin and Nsukka, as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s fight against the growing burden of cancer. The centres, located at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Nsukka; and University of Benin Teaching Hospital…
The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Enoch Ogbonnaya Uche The Abia State government has commenced the recruitment of 771 health workers in a bid to strengthen its healthcare system amid rising concerns over a resurgence of HIV/AIDS cases and persistent maternal health challenges across the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Enoch Ogbonnaya Uche,…