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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…
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…
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,…
A non-governmental advocacy group, EndMalariaInNigeria, has faulted a recent claim by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, describing malaria as a “rare disease” in the state. The group, in a strongly worded statement on Friday, described the commissioner’s comment as misleading and disconnected from the reality faced by many Lagos residents who…
…Medical Guild alleges breach of trust, convenes emergency meeting Medical doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government have raised the alarm over what they described as a “clandestine, hostile, and illegal” deduction from their July salaries without prior notice or consultation. The aggrieved doctors, operating under the aegis of the Medical Guild—the umbrella…
The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Enoch Ogbonnaya Uche The Abia State government has commenced the recruitment of 771 health workers in a bid to strengthen its healthcare system amid rising concerns over a resurgence of HIV/AIDS cases and persistent maternal health challenges across the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Enoch Ogbonnaya Uche,…
Photo collage of Pota PHC in Badagry? Lagos A growing wave of concern has greeted the worsening condition of the Pota Primary Health Centre in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, as residents and health workers decry years of government inaction that have left the facility in a state of abandonment and disrepair. The…
The Chairman of NAPPMED, Liberation Zone, Mr Osita Nwajide addressing pressmen at the protest on Tuesday. (Photo credit: Chinyere Okoroafor) ……appeals to Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu for second CWC in Lagos Nigeria’s medicine supply chain may be heading for a major crisis as Pharmaceutical marketers in Lagos on Tuesday raised alarm over the alleged hijack of the…