The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Tuesday flagged off a workshop in Abuja to inaugurate the redesigned Community-Based Health Workers (CBHW) programme.
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The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have approved a 20% rise in assessed contributions (membership dues) and endorsed a US$4.2 billion budget for 2026–2027.
Sokoto, Nigeria – May 20, 2025 — UNICEF and the Sokoto State Government have commissioned a state-of-the-art Digital Village to…
The Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria (CVON) has alerted that human deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will rise to 44 million by 2050.
The Nigerian Hypertension Society (NHS) says less than 2.5 per cent of Nigerians living with hypertension successfully manage to keep their blood pressure under control.
An Bauchi-based endocrinologist, Dr Ayuba Mugana, has recommended green tea, ginger tea, hibiscus tea and lemon tea for individuals living with diabetes.
Ebonyi state governor, Francis Nwifuru has announced an increase in the monthly salaries and allowances of newly recruited medical doctors in the state, from N150,000 to N500,000.
The Kano State Government has called for increased awareness and preventive measures to curb the rising cases of hypertension in the state.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in Rivers, says it has uncovered a group distributing suspected fake drugs to the public in the name of evangelism.
The Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Mr Akinbode Oluwafemi, says the actions of some food corporations were undermining public health policies in Nigeria’s healthcare system.