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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…
…tasks inspectors on ethics, enforcement The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has warned that illegal drug markets and unregulated online sales are fuelling prescription drug abuse and endangering public health. It vowed to intensify enforcement against Open Drug Markets (ODMs) and clamp down on the growing sale of medicines via social media platforms such as…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of a possible outbreak of the Chikungunya virus in the country due to worsening environmental and climatic conditions. The NCDC, in a public health advisory signed by its Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, on Friday, said although no confirmed cases of Chikungunya had been recorded in…
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited false claims to justify terminating 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, researchers said Friday, a day after the World Health Organisation called the decision a major blow. Kennedy on Tuesday announced the cancellation of contracts worth around $500 million, marking his latest attempt to infuse vaccine skepticism…
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…