By Grateful Ogunjebe The Academy of Public Health (APH), the flagship body of the West African Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with the International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) has named Nigerian health journalist Ojoma Akor as the recipient of the inaugural Moji Makanjuola Public Health Journalism Award. The prestigious award recognizes…
By Ojoma Akor The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate has said 84% of national health performance indicators under the presidential health reform commitments have been achieved as of the third quarter of 2025. He disclosed this during the ministerial press briefing, ahead of the joint annual review (JAR) for 2025…
By Ojoma Akor The Federal Government of Nigeria is working towards implementing biometric verification across all primary healthcare centres (PHCs) and health insurance platforms nationwide. This was part of the resolutions contained in a communiqué issued on Friday by the government and other stakeholders at the end of this year’s Health Sector Joint Annual Review…
By Professor Ejiofor Ugwu The number of persons living with diabetes in Nigeria is currently estimated at 11.4 million. This figure represents only about a third of the actual prevalence, as the majority of diabetes cases in Nigeria are undiagnosed due to the lack of routine diabetes screening. Also, only about a third of diagnosed…
By Ojoma Akor The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched three health and regulatory initiatives geared towards advancing the health of Nigerians. The initiatives are: – Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCH+N) Initiative. -NAFDAC Office of Women and Children’s Health. -National Action Plan on Prevention, Detection, and Response to…
By Ojoma Akor Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is committed to enforcing a total ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small-volume PET/glass bottles (below 200ml) by December 2025. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye in a statement yesterday, said…
By Ojoma Akor The number of adults aged between 20 and 79 living with diabetes in the WHO African region is. projected to more than double, to 60 million, by 2050, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, disclosed this in his statement to mark this…
By Ojoma Akor The Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWU) has called on the Federal Government and all relevant stakeholders to rise towards building a sustainable health system through enhanced wages and improved public funding. In a communique issued at the end of its 51st regular national executive council meeting in Abuja, Nigeria,…
By Ojoma Akor The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on the government and other stakeholders to increase efforts to reverse medical tourism in Nigeria and across Africa. President of the association, Prof Bala Audu, made the call yesterday during the association’s healthcare and medical expo in Abuja. The theme of this year’s expo was ‘Reversing…
By Ojoma Akor The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has reaffirmed Nigeria’s remarkable progress in preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, according to the institute’s Director, Program Coordinating Unit, Dr. Oche Yusuf. While citing the intervention as one of the most impactful in the country’s HIV response under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for…
