Latest Nigeria health news and updates
Drug abuse among Nigerian youths has reached epidemic levels, with one in every seven Nigerians between ages 15 and 64 identified as a drug user, nearly three times the global average. Experts say the situation, if unchecked, could cripple the nation’s future workforce, security, and productivity. The revelation, drawn from the 2018 National Drug Use…
The Federal Government has raised concerns over Nigeria’s “triple burden” of malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies, also known as “hidden hunger.” The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms. Daju Kachollom, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the Nigeria Health Watch Roundtable, themed “Fortifying Nigeria’s Future: Strengthening Nutrition…
As the world marked International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, Nigerian youth advocates joined their counterparts across the globe to demand stronger investment in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), insisting that young people must no longer be left on the margins of health policy conversations. In Nigeria, the push is being championed…
The Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) has said that the country is embarking on a health sector reform that experts say could redefine the country’s path toward self-reliance in healthcare and wider development. Dr Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, National Coordinator of the SWAp Coordination Office, said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State chapter, has accused the State Treasury Office (STO) of introducing a “crisis-prone” revised medical salary scale that allegedly led to “unfair, wicked, and unacceptable” deductions from doctors’ July 2025 salaries. In a statement signed on Sunday by its chairman, Dr. Saheed Babajide Kehinde, the association said the deductions…
By NAN The National Health Insurance Authority has announced plans to expand healthcare access for newborns by incorporating neonatal care into its flagship Financing Access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care programme. The Director-General of NHIA, Dr Kelechi Ohiri, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by members of the Nigerian Society of…
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 AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has commended the United States Senate for voting to retain full funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) after initially considering a $400 million cut. In a bipartisan decision reached in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers agreed to preserve the funding for the global health programme,…