Latest Nigeria health news and updates
A new study has identified a blood-cleansing procedure known as therapeutic apheresis as a potential game-changer in kidney transplant management, raising fresh hope for patients facing transplant complications. The six-year review, conducted at the University of Virginia Health in the United States and supported by the International Society of Nephrology, examined 131 kidney transplant patients…
…’We are open to negotiations’ A United Kingdom-based Nigerian paediatrician and cardiologist, Dr. Ayodele Ogunko, has accused a private hospital in Lagos of negligence, exploitation, and ‘imprisoning’ the body of his late sister, Mrs. Yewande Oshofisan, weeks after her death. Ogunko, who spoke to The Nation in an emotion-laden interview, said that the ordeal began…
Nigeria has joined a new 6.4 million dollar international research consortium to accelerate the development of a vaccine against Lassa fever. This was made known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations on Sunday in Abuja. The initiative, tagged Unravelling Natural and Vaccine-Elicited Immunity…
Smart DNA Nigeria, the country’s leadingdeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing centre, has released its 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, uncovering new trends and unsettling realities about family structures and trust in Nigeria. The report, which analysed test results between July 2024 and June 2025, shows that DNA testing surged to 13.1 per cent in 2025, reflecting…
Displaced Rohingya women demand equal access to health, gender rights amid global SDG promises Despite global commitments to achieve health for all and gender equality by 2030, displaced Rohingya women and girls remain locked out of meaningful progress,the Education Policy and Equity Specialist with the Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network, Noor Fatima, has warned. Speaking at…
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…
……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…