Latest Nigeria health news and updates
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…
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…
Contrary to the widespread belief among Nigerians that stomach ulcers result mainly from skipping meals or eating spicy food, health experts have pointed to a more serious culprit—Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a bacterium identified as the leading cause of peptic ulcers. The infection, which is often acquired during childhood, can silently linger in the stomach…
Prof Ernest Orji Medical experts have attributed Nigeria’s staggering 34 per cent share of global maternal deaths to poverty, poor health infrastructure, inadequate funding, and systemic failures in healthcare delivery. Gynaecologists and maternal health specialists, who spoke during a recent forum, expressed concern that thousands of Nigerian women continue to die from preventable pregnancy and…
The Federal Government has launched a mobile application to support healthcare providers with real-time, evidence-based guidance on antibiotic use as part of efforts to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the country. The app, known as Surveillance and Prescribing Support for Antimicrobial Stewardship Resource Capacity Building (SPARC), is now live and accessible to qualified health professionals….
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has started talks with the Federal Government over doctors’ pay and working conditions. The NMA says the discussions are going well and that the planned strike may not happen after all. Earlier this month, the NMA gave the government a 21-day deadline to withdraw a circular from the National Salaries,…
With heavy rains and flash floods displacing thousands across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised the alarm over the heightened risk of deadly disease outbreaks, including cholera, yellow fever, and dengue fever. The warning follows a forecast by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), which identified Sokoto, Kaduna, Zamfara,…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for first reading a bill seeking to prohibit public and civil servants, including their immediate families, from patronising private healthcare and school facilities in Nigeria. The bill was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Abia State, Amobi Godwin Ogah. Speaking at a press briefing after the…