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The Lagos State Government has launched an aggressive campaign to eliminate viral hepatitis, offering free screening, vaccination, and massive public education across the state. The campaign, unveiled to mark the 2025 World Hepatitis Day with the theme “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down,” targets elimination of the disease as a public health threat by 2030. Commissioner…
After three decades at the helm of Fidson Healthcare Plc, its founding Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Fidelis Ayebae, will formally bow out of office on July 31, 2025. The company has announced that Mr. Biola Adebayo, the current Deputy Managing Director, will assume the role of Managing Director from August 1. Ayebae,…
…says drug supply better managed, seeks improved pharmacy training The incoming Managing Director of Fidson Healthcare Plc, Mr. Biola Adebayo, has said the ongoing revitalisation of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the country is easing the burden on general and teaching hospitals while improving access to affordable medicines. Speaking in an interview, Adebayo commended the…
…calls for urgent climate adaptation, fiscal reforms The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised alarm that climate-related shocks could worsen Nigeria’s already fragile economic stability and deepen its debt crisis if not urgently addressed. In its 2025 Article IV Consultation Report, published on its official website, the Fund warned that extreme weather events pose a…
Efforts to strengthen the global response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health may be derailed as powerful lobbying from industries such as tobacco, alcohol, junk food, and fossil fuels threatens to weaken a key United Nations political document, civil society groups have warned. The final draft of the United Nations Political Declaration on Noncommunicable…
The Anambra State Government has uncovered and shut down an illegal baby factory operating under the guise of a hospital in Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, rescuing five pregnant teenagers and 10 others from the facility. Nigeria Health Times gathered that the unregistered centre, known as Mother and Child Hospital and Maternity, located at No….
The Lagos State Government has appealed to members of the Medical Guild to shelve their planned three-day warning strike over alleged unilateral salary deductions and related issues, assuring that their grievances are being addressed with urgency. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Ministry of Health acknowledged the concerns raised during the Medical Guild’s press…
Peple living with Parkinson’s disease (PwPs) at the ADPF forth awareness walk on Saturday 26th July, 2026 When renowned Nigerian engineer and mathematician, Dr. Adewunmi Desalu was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his family was thrown into uncharted territory. For 11 years, his wife, Mrs. Omorin Desalu, walked that path with him, stumbling through ignorance, battling…
No fewer than 652 severely malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in the last six months due to what health experts have described as a deepening nutrition crisis worsened by dwindling international aid and escalating insecurity. Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), an international medical charity, raised the alarm on Friday, warning that…
Medical doctors under the employ of the Lagos State Government will, from Monday, July 28, embark on a three-day warning strike to protest what they described as “illegal and disrespectful” salary deductions by the state. The strike, announced by the Medical Guild, the umbrella body of medical and dental practitioners in the state’s public service,…