Latest Nigeria health news and updates
Every dry season, Lassa fever returns, cases rise, people die, the government responds, and the cycle repeats. After more than 50 years the disease was first identified in Nigeria, this is no longer a surprise, it is a failure of prevention. A disease linked to poor sanitation, weak housing, and fragile healthcare systems continues to…
Five African countries have hit the 2025 Malaria Reduction Target with Nigeria missing on the list, a survey from Africa Malaria Progress Report 2035 has said. While Cape Verde, Algeria, Botswana, Eritrea, and Rwanda met the 2025 Catalytic Framework target of reducing malaria incidence or deaths by 75 per cent, Nigeria was notably missing from the…
A full ban on the production and retail sale of alcoholic drinks in sachets and containers below 200mlwill protect public health, children, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has said. They warned that failure to do so could worsen public health risks and expose children to alcohol abuse. The group said if the…
In a major boost to voluntary blood donation, Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) and the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) have mobilised 550 pints of blood during a two-day donation drive supported by Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO). Nigeria requires between 1.8 million and 2 million units of blood yearly…
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos State Branch, has deployed 5,346 trained volunteers across the state to drive awareness and demand ahead of the Measles–Rubella (MR) vaccination exercise scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. The large-scale deployment signals the start of an intensive house-to-house Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) campaign aimed…
Pharm. Ogeneochuko Omaruaye, national chairman, PWADAN addressing the press. …..As Nigeria Marks 2025 Fight the Fakes Week The Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (PWDAN) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to fully implement the National Drug Distribution Guidelines (NDDG) to curb the rising tide of falsified and substandard medicines in the…
The panelists session. L-R: Dr Victor Ajayi, fertility specialist; Mrs Precious Balogun, Fertility Counsellor, and Mr Pillot Balogun, Psychologist, all of Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos during the forum on failed IVF cycles organized by the Fertility Awareness Advocate Initiative (FAAI) held at the Radisson Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, recently. In Nigeria, where infertility remains heavily stigmatized,…
From R-L: Representative of Minister of LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT, Dr Salome Bawa, Chief Regulatory Officer of NAFDAC, Hajiya Sidikat KAMAL and Representative of DG( NAFDAC), Hajiya Ummu Bobboi at the National Workshop on Strengthening Anti-Microbial Resistance Surveillance held in Abuja today. A multi-stakeholder workshop on “Strengthening AMR Surveillance, Biosafety and Climate-Smart Agriculture through a One Health…
With barely any progress recorded in more than two decades, advocates have raised alarm over the “unacceptable” stagnation in global efforts to protect women and girls from violence ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, marked on November 25. Despite global advocacy and countless policy commitments, 1 in…
Africa is sliding into a widening health and economic crisis driven by climate change, a landmark Health Policy paper published in The Lancet has warned, calling for urgent action as world leaders head to COP30. The report, released by Lancet Countdown Africa, shows that rising temperatures are already worsening infectious diseases, deepening food insecurity, degrading…