Latest Nigeria health news and updates
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General Despite two decades of global decline in tobacco use, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm over a fresh wave of nicotine addiction—this time driven by e-cigarettes and other emerging tobacco products targeting the youth. A new WHO global report reveals that while the number of tobacco…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has struck a new deal with Indian pharmaceutical company, Hetero Labs, to produce a low-cost generic version of lenacapavir, the world’s first twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug. The foundation will provide upfront funding and volume guarantees to Hetero, enabling the drug to be sold at about $40 per patient…
Global health and rights advocates have made a strong call for governments to recognize safe and legal abortion as a fundamental human right, stressing that denying access puts millions of lives at risk and undermines gender equality. The demand was at the center of a high-level dialogue organized by SHE & Rights Initiative to mark…
…From refugee camps to rural villages, young people fight for dignity, rights, and access to healthcare. In a crowded Rohingya refugee camp, a young girl sat quietly, afraid to tell anyone that her body had changed. She had started her period but did not understand what was happening. There were no lessons in school, no…
A new study has identified a blood-cleansing procedure known as therapeutic apheresis as a potential game-changer in kidney transplant management, raising fresh hope for patients facing transplant complications. The six-year review, conducted at the University of Virginia Health in the United States and supported by the International Society of Nephrology, examined 131 kidney transplant patients…
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…
……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,…
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…
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited false claims to justify terminating 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, researchers said Friday, a day after the World Health Organisation called the decision a major blow. Kennedy on Tuesday announced the cancellation of contracts worth around $500 million, marking his latest attempt to infuse vaccine skepticism…