The Kano State Government has called for increased awareness and preventive measures to curb the rising cases of hypertension in the state.
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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.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has clarified its stance regarding the nationwide ban on sachet alcohol.
Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi has been nominated as the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region.…
Two octogenarians—80-year-old Ayuba Ashiru and 82-year-old Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday, along with her 32-year-old daughter, Chisom Uchechi—top the list of…
An NGO, Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF), said it had impacted 32 million lives in its four years of operating in the country’s health system.
In a bid to strengthen gender-responsive healthcare, UNICEF concluded a week-long capacity-building workshop for Officers-in-Charge (OICs) from Primary Health Care centers (PHCs) in Kaduna on Saturday.
The Director-General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Kelechi Ohiri says five additional healthcare facilities have been onboarded in Lagos state. to implement the Financial Access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmOC) programme.
In a significant reorganisation of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) senior leadership, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed as the new head of the organisation’s Health Emergencies Programme.