The Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has declared an emergency for General Hospital Minna. He said the hospital is in very bad shape and needs to be completely rebuilt.
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Dietitians and nutritionists working in Lagos State hospitals want the government to give them more say in how hospitals are managed.
To help reduce the number of women dying during childbirth in Nigeria, a digital health project called *Birth Safe Nigeria* will train 1,000 nurses and midwives in five states. The training will teach them how to handle emergencies during childbirth and save lives.
Following the Federal Government’s new law on universal health coverage, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has asked the government to quickly bring back the board of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to help make the plan work across the country.
Jocelyn Ademiluyi, who leads Honeycedars Impact, says mental health is a big problem that many adults don’t talk about enough. This is especially true for adults in their busiest, most productive years.
Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, former head of Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control, has urged leaders to give more attention to skin health and include it as part of basic healthcare services.
Clinical lecturers at the University of Calabar, who are part of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), have ended their strike.
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, a group of community pharmacists raised concern about what they called a “silent but dangerous epidemic” affecting young people and threatening the country’s peace.
The head of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Anambra State, Ibadin Judith-Chukwu, has said that human trafficking in the state is becoming more serious and dangerous.
The C-Circle Foundation for Sustainable Health and Environment (C-Circle Foundation) has unveiled the 2025 edition of its National Schools Debate Project to raise youth awareness and action on plastic pollution in Nigeria.