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Health Ministry engages VIYA Health and Incepta to expand access to WHO-prequalified solution

Ali Pate Canvasses Efficient Healthcare Services in Nigeria

Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Services, Prof. Ali Pate, has called on heads of tertiary health institutions to ensure productive engage...

Nigeria: Nigeria Faces Public Health Physician Shortage - Aphpn President

[Premium Times] The President of the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), Terfa Kene, says Nigeria lacks sufficient public health physicians due to an underl...

Nigeria: WHO, EU Launch Health Support Project As Nigeria Battles Multiple Disease Outbreaks

[Premium Times] Mr Ursu said the EU SPIN project is being implemented through a "Team Europe" approach involving the European Union, the WHO and other development partners working...

CAPPA to Govt: End chronic underfunding, reform Nigeria’s health policies now

The organisation called on governments, policymakers and relevant agencies to scale up health sector funding, ensure full and timely release of budgeted funds, fast-track the adopt...

TB Network Raises Alarm Over Persistent PHC Underfunding in Anambra

The Tuberculosis Network State Advocacy Team (SAT) has expressed concerns over the funding challenge in Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in Anambra state, despite various funding...

Ministry of Health turns to preventive care to end no-bed scandal

The Ministry of Health is pushing a new narrative in its fight against Ghana’s long-standing “no-bed syndrome,” arguing that the solution lies not in expanding hospital infrastruct...

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The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the World Bank Group, has launched a Regional Health, Nutrition and Population Strategy to drive a new era of stronger, more resilient h...

Nigeria Spends $150m Yearly on Vaccines Amid Donor Exit  

Nigeria commits roughly 150 million dollars each year to secure vaccines, even as it widens the reach of malaria immunisation across more states, the Federal Government has reveale...

Anambra to Become Pilot State for National HIV Prevention Plan 2026–2030 Implementation

Anambra State is being considered as a pilot state for the implementation of the National HIV Prevention Plan 2026–2030. The plan was presented to the Executive Director/Project Ma...

NCDC intensifies surveillance, preparedness against Ebola

He, however, said the agency had maintained heightened surveillance and preparedness activities across the country in response to rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Con...

Health Ministry, NADRA sign MoU to digitize PM’s Hepatitis C Elimination Program

Ebola: NCDC Issues Guidelines for Health Workers, Cautions Against Importing Disease

• Lists Lagos, Enugu, Borno, others as high risk states Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) yesterday released a Public Health Ad...

WHO, Africa CDC warn of widening malaria funding gap in Africa

The webinar explored how Primary Health Care (PHC) transformation could accelerate malaria control and elimination in Africa. The post WHO, Africa CDC warn of widening malaria fund...

Updates on SDG 3 in Nigeria

The progress of Nigeria toward Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which focuses on good health and well-being, reflects both policy commitment and persistent development chall...

World Health Assembly approves new global TB strategy beyond 2030

The agency said the strategy supported preparations for the 2028 United Nations High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis, sustaining political momentum beyond the 2030 Sustainable Develo...

PHC inspections surge fivefold, surpass 18,500 visits; near completion of allopathic HCE coverage

Abia Receives Healthcare Boost as Foundation Deploys Trained Liaison Officers

Quantus Medical Foundation, through its flagship WeCare Nigeria Initiative, has commenced the training and deployment of Patient Liaison Officers (PLOs) to selected pilot hospitals...

FG Unveils Digital Pharmacy Watchdog

The Federal Government has launched a new Electronic Pharmacy Regulation Platform (E-Pharmacy) in Abuja, aimed at tightening oversight of online healthcare services and safeguardin...

Ebola Resurgence: PSN Places Pharmacists on High Alert

Oluchi Chibuzor As Ebola spreads in some African countries, especially East and Central Africa, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has placed its members on red alert as i...

UNICEF donates infection prevention materials to 200 health facilities in Borno

UNICEF donates infection prevention and control materials to over 200 health facilities in Borno to improve hygiene, safety, and health services for women. Read More: https://punc...

NCCP: From Hospital-based Care to Whole-of-Society Cancer Response

 Dennis Olise The launch of Nigeria’s National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP) is more than a policy update; it signals a fundamental shift in how the country confronts cancer. For too

UN Moves to Counter Fast-Spreading Ebola in Eastern DR Congo, Three New Cases Confirmed in Uganda

.. PSN orders pharmacies to activate emergency surveillance  Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The United Nations has moved emergency personnel, funding, and supplies into eastern Democrat...

W’ Bank-assisted HOPE Governance Programme Partners States to Bridge Manpower Gaps in Basic Education, PHC

Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja  Determined to address critical manpower gaps in basic education and primary health care sectors in the country, the World Bank-backed HOPE Governance Pro...