Latest Nigeria health news and updates
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…
A former President of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has urged the Federal Government to stop placing doctors and other healthcare professionals under the general civil service structure. He warned that such treatment is driving the mass exodus of Nigerian medical personnel to other countries. Enabulele, who also served as President of…
…tasks inspectors on ethics, enforcement The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has warned that illegal drug markets and unregulated online sales are fuelling prescription drug abuse and endangering public health. It vowed to intensify enforcement against Open Drug Markets (ODMs) and clamp down on the growing sale of medicines via social media platforms such as…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of a possible outbreak of the Chikungunya virus in the country due to worsening environmental and climatic conditions. The NCDC, in a public health advisory signed by its Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, on Friday, said although no confirmed cases of Chikungunya had been recorded in…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reactivated the Federal Taskforce to combat counterfeit and fake drugs, as well as unwholesome processed foods. Prof. Ali Pate, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, inaugurated the committee on Friday in Abuja. He said the initiative was crucial to Nigeria’s efforts to confront…
….commissions TB diagnostic machines …FG integrates TB services into PHCs, targets 2030 elimination The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has reiterated her unwavering commitment to eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria by 2030, calling for increased domestic funding and collaborative efforts to achieve the goal. Speaking through the Wife of…
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to immediately raise the excise tax on tobacco products to 100 percent, warning that continued lax taxation is fueling a public health crisis and costing the nation over ₦526 billion annually in healthcare spending and productivity losses. In a statement issued…
..NACA DG Iloutlines bold new strategies to sustain HIV response amid cut in foreign aid In a major step toward domestic sustainability of Nigeria’s HIV response, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has announced the commencement of local production of HIV test kits and the planned rollout of antiretroviral (ARV) drug manufacturing…
As Nigeria grapples with the increasing burden of dementia among its ageing population, stakeholders from across the country and beyond have called for the urgent development of a national dementia policy and greater support for caregivers. This call was made during the maiden edition of the Dementia Care in Nigeria Conference organised by the Good…