Latest Nigeria health news and updates
……Trial paves way for lifesaving therapy for infants under five kilograms Nigeria has joined seven other African nations in achieving a medical breakthrough with the approval of the first-ever malaria treatment for newborns and infants weighing less than five kilograms. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in a statement on Sunday,…
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)…
In a move to bolster Lagos’ flood preparedness, the Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) yesterday convened a high-level stakeholders’ engagement ahead of Friday’s large-scale Flood Simulation Exercise in Agboyi. The meeting, held at the NRCS Branch Headquarters in Lagos, brought together key emergency response agencies, security operatives, community leaders, and…
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has raised alarm over what it described as a weakening commitment to the Geneva Conventions, warning that the next 76 years of the humanitarian treaties will be shaped by decisions world leaders make today. Marking the 76th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions…
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…
Over 200 women from Makoko and surrounding communities in Lagos have benefitted from a two-day free breast and cervical cancer screening, courtesy of a partnership between Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) and Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO). The outreach, which held on August 8 and 9, 2025, was organised by VCDF…
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…
The Lagos State Civil Society Partnership for Development (LACSOP), in collaboration with the International Society for Media in Public Health (ISMPH) and media organisations, has renewed its advocacy for improved health financing and stronger commitment to primary healthcare delivery in Lagos State. At a stakeholders’ workshop held in Lagos, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of…
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…