Medicine sellers in Lagos, under a group called the Nigeria Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED), Liberation Zone, are asking the government to create a second wholesale drug market in the city. They say this will help ensure fair access to medicines and avoid problems in the drug supply system.
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The Federal Government has introduced a new plan with the National Health Insurance Authority to help low-income cancer patients. They will now get up to N400,000 to support the cost of radiotherapy treatment.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) decided not to start a major nationwide strike after a long 12-hour emergency meeting that lasted through the night.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Chinese businessman and an 80-year-old grandmother as part of its…
As negotiations intensify in Geneva over the proposed global plastics treaty, health experts and advocates are sounding an alarm over…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Osun State says the best way to fight cancer is by getting help with treatment. They are asking Nigerians to use the health insurance options the agency provides.
The Onome Omobolaji Obada Foundation (OOF), ProHealth International, and Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry (CLAM), Ogba, have asked Nigerians to focus more on preventing sickness instead of only treating it.
Project Enable Africa, working with the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, launched Nigeria’s first State of Disability Inclusion Report for 2024 on Friday.
No fewer than 40,000 patients across Edo, Delta, Kogi, and Bayelsa States have benefited from the Rural Health Initiatives for Improved Living (RHIFIL) free medical services over the past 16 years.
A top healthcare center in Nigeria, the Bridge Clinic, said that 3,825 babies have been born at the clinic through IVF (In vitro fertilisation) in the last 25 years