Latest Nigeria health news and updates
Smart DNA Nigeria, the country’s leadingdeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing centre, has released its 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, uncovering new trends and unsettling realities about family structures and trust in Nigeria. The report, which analysed test results between July 2024 and June 2025, shows that DNA testing surged to 13.1 per cent in 2025, reflecting…
Displaced Rohingya women demand equal access to health, gender rights amid global SDG promises Despite global commitments to achieve health for all and gender equality by 2030, displaced Rohingya women and girls remain locked out of meaningful progress,the Education Policy and Equity Specialist with the Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network, Noor Fatima, has warned. Speaking at…
As the world marked International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, Nigerian youth advocates joined their counterparts across the globe to demand stronger investment in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), insisting that young people must no longer be left on the margins of health policy conversations. In Nigeria, the push is being championed…
……Trial paves way for lifesaving therapy for infants under five kilograms Nigeria has joined seven other African nations in achieving a medical breakthrough with the approval of the first-ever malaria treatment for newborns and infants weighing less than five kilograms. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in a statement on Sunday,…
The Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) has said that the country is embarking on a health sector reform that experts say could redefine the country’s path toward self-reliance in healthcare and wider development. Dr Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, National Coordinator of the SWAp Coordination Office, said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
In a move to bolster Lagos’ flood preparedness, the Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) yesterday convened a high-level stakeholders’ engagement ahead of Friday’s large-scale Flood Simulation Exercise in Agboyi. The meeting, held at the NRCS Branch Headquarters in Lagos, brought together key emergency response agencies, security operatives, community leaders, and…
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has raised alarm over what it described as a weakening commitment to the Geneva Conventions, warning that the next 76 years of the humanitarian treaties will be shaped by decisions world leaders make today. Marking the 76th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions…
w ….experts call for urgent reforms, better funding, and decentralisation of psychiatric services Nigeria’s correctional centres are facing a deepening mental health emergency, with 8,246 inmates currently battling psychological disorders, a situation worsened by chronic understaffing, poor funding, and inadequate facilities. The figure, disclosed at the third public hearing of the Independent Investigative Panel on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has urged State Governments to strengthen year-round community engagement to curb the spread of Lassa fever. In its latest situation report for epidemiological week 31, the agency confirmed nine new cases in Ondo, Edo and Taraba, up from three reported the previous week. This, the NCDC…
Over 200 women from Makoko and surrounding communities in Lagos have benefitted from a two-day free breast and cervical cancer screening, courtesy of a partnership between Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) and Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO). The outreach, which held on August 8 and 9, 2025, was organised by VCDF…