By Busayo Akindolie Fragmentation in Nigeria’s health system isn’t just a technical problem. It costs lives. Such as the case of Amina, a young mother-to-be in Lagos. She arrived at her local clinic in labour and the nurses were ready, but the equipment she needed wasn’t. She was rushed to a larger hospital. Precious hours…
By Ojoma Akor West African Ministers of Health have pledged to advance the development and readiness for vaccines against Lassa fever in recognition of the significant threat to regional health security posed by the disease. The ministers made the pledge during the Lassa fever International Conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The ministers of Health from…
By Ojoma Akor Experts from across the globe have converged in Abidjan, Cote D’ Ivoire for the second ECOWAS Lassa Fever international conference. Leading scientists, researchers, public health advocates, policymakers, and health practitioners will meet from 8 to 11 September 2025, for the conference, an international forum dedicated to tackling one of West Africa’s most…
By Ojoma Akor Stakeholders in family planning have harped on the need for Nigeria to make improvements in the implementation of its family planning commitments in other to achieve FP2030 goals. They made the call Thursday in Abuja during the validation meeting of the Nigeria FP2030 commitments’ motion tracker progress report (2024), organized by the Africa…
By Ojoma Akor The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has commenced a major step in its digital transformation agenda by conducting the National Pre-Certification Examination (NPCE) for pharmacy technicians as a Computer-Based Test (CBT). PCN Registrar Pharm. Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed in a statement, Wednesday said that the two-day qualifying examination, which started yesterday, September 10,…
By Ojoma Akor The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) is supporting research towards addressing viral diseases and other health care challenges in Nigeria. The institute disclosed this in Abuja during a press briefing ahead of its third annual scientific symposium. The organization said one of the ways it is advancing research is through its …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to issue a service-wide circular to all Ministries, Extra-Ministerial Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) on the implementation of mandatory health insurance in line with the National Health Insurance Act, 2022.
The federal ministry of health in collaboration with other stakeholders have brainstormed on pathways for effective domestic resource mobilization and sustainable health financing in Nigeria.
At least four countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, are expected to run out of ready-to-use emergency food over the next three months due to aid cuts if gaps are not plugged, putting severely malnourished children at risk of dying, Save the Children has said .
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and civil society organizations have harped on the need to strengthen local food fortification towards tackling the burden of malnutrition in the country.
