Latest Nigeria health news and updates
More than one million trained health professionals across Africa are without meaningful employment despite a continent-wide shortage of 5.5 million health workers, highlighting a widening gap between health-sector needs, training and employment opportunities for young professionals. The figures, cited at the Ubuntu Rising 2026 gathering in Cape Town, South Africa, have prompted more than 80…
Lagos State has converted the former CACOVID COVID-19 isolation centre at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba, into a training facility for pharmacy students as part of efforts to address the shortage of healthcare professionals. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Monday in a post on his X handle, saying the…
Forty-five per cent of women giving birth in Nigeria make fewer than four antenatal care visits, while 51 per cent do not deliver in a health facility, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute. The figures were contained in the institute’s Adding It Up 2024: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered counterfeit packaging materials worth more than ₦200 million in five shops at Old Court Road Market, Aba, Abia State, following an enforcement raid. The materials, bearing the identities of popular wine, spirit and other regulated product brands, were allegedly intended to make…
Cosmetics accounted for the highest number of product seizure entries recorded by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) between January and August 2026, with 401 entries, according to the agency’s enforcement report. Drinks followed with 215 entries, while drugs accounted for 112, highlighting the categories that featured most prominently in…
The Federal Government has indicated plans to extend by two years the Presidential Executive Order supporting local pharmaceutical manufacturing, as Nigeria seeks to increase domestic production of essential medicines and establish itself as a regional pharmaceutical manufacturing hub. The proposed extension, which would take the policy beyond its current March 2027 expiration, is expected to…
…41.1% children under five stunted, North-West records 58.2% …Presidency, NSN demand stronger funding, accountability Only six per cent of pregnant women in Nigeria completed at least 180 days of iron-containing supplementation in 2024, far below the national target of 70 per cent by 2035, the Federal Government yesterday disclosed. The government also said only 30…
Lagos State Government has said it cannot build and sustain a healthcare system capable of serving a population of about 30 million people through government funding alone, calling for stronger private-sector participation in the state’s health economy. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this in a statement posted on his X page…
Nigeria’s dependence on imported medicines is declining, with drug imports in categories targeted by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) falling by 70 per cent, the agency has said. At the same time, local pharmaceutical manufacturing has grown by 25 per cent, signalling a major shift towards domestic production, according…
Between six million and 11.2 million Nigerian adults are living with diabetes, with treatment costing patients as much as N150,000 or more monthly, the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) has said. NIFST President, Dr. Bola Osinowo, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ conference on Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners (LNCS) in Nigeria: The Science…