To address the need for universal healthcare coverage, there’s need to focus on equitable and comprehensive health financing.
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Tinubu says that his administration is geared to steer Nigeria towards self-reliance and reduce dependency on others in the face of global challenges.
Sahara Group Foundation, the Personal and Corporate Social Impact vehicle of Sahara Group, has reaffirmed its dedication to healthcare improvement by donating state-of-the-art medical equipment to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in Edo State, Nigeria.
Nigeria successfully met its ambitious target of fully vaccinating 70 percent of its population against the COVID-19 pandemic.
An increase in cost of living due to surging inflation and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed nearly 68 million more people into extreme poverty in Asia.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of COVID-19 reported cases, hospitalisations and deaths globally has continued to decline.
The Nigerian government has received a $9.3 million Canadian dollars grant from the Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE), to boost COVID-19 vaccine delivery and strengthen the broader health system in the country.
The possibility the COVID -19 virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out, a former top Chinese government scientist has said.
Experts in the Johns Hopkins University in the United States are worried that the country’s response is inadequate to manage an outbreak of another global infectious disease, even after the three years of COVID-19.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it was transiting the country from acute emergency response to managing COVID-19 as part of integrated healthcare delivery for all infectious diseases.