The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has incinerated counterfeit, substandard, and fake pharmaceutical products valued at over ₦20 billion in Oyo state. The haul, including falsified medicines, unwholesome processed foods, unsafe cosmetics, and other expired NAFDAC-regulated products seized from manufacturers, importers, and distributors during a month-long enforcement operation targeting major...
In a bid to stop Nigerians from embarking on medical tourism abroad, the Federal Government has released an additional ₦32.9 billion through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, an advancement of the BHCPF 2.0 reform agenda. The fund, which is the third disbursement for 2025, aims to reinforce primary healthcare centres nationwide and improve accountability...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over an imminent attack by a terrorist group, the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), on some communities across Ondo and Kogi States. The DSS warned that credible intelligence confirmed that the terrorists have concluded plans to launch coordinated attacks on several communities, particularly...
Determined to achieve zero Measles-Rubella across Lagos, the First Lady of the State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has declared that all efforts to ensure sustain the gains against the disease will be embarked upon by the husband, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, administration, urging parents, schools, traditional rulers, religious leaders, and civil society groups to join the battle towards...
Determined to get better welfare and retrieve their outstanding wages and allowances, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced a five-day warning strike, paralyzing medical services across public healthcare facilities across the country. The medical experts argued that government inaction on long-standing demands prompted the decision yo embark on the industrial action across...
The World Bank has raised concerns over Lagos State’s anti-malaria strategy, advocating that the government urgently scale up its tools for malaria prevention to sustain gains recorded across the state. World Bank added that the government must introduce proactive case detection methods in high-risk communities, increase malaria vaccines, as well as, diagnostic services to achieve zero malaria...
President Bola Tinubu has directed that civil servants in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) sign up for health insurance, aiming to expand the coverage of the scheme across the country. Tinubu noted that the implementation of mandatory health insurance is in line with the National Health Insurance Act, 2022. To ensure compliance, the president has...
The Akwa Ibom State Government has begun an investigation into the death of a young mother and her baby at the General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene, to ascertain the circumstances that resulted in the maternal deaths. The incident, which followed a caesarean section at the hospital, sparked outrage after a video of the tragedy went viral...
The Lagos State Government has raised alarm over the low rate of early initiation of breastfeeding among newborns in the state, revealing that only 14% of babies are breastfed within the first hour of birth, a figure far below national and global health recommendations. The government warns that this gap poses serious risks to neonatal...
Nurses have started returning to hospitals after the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives suspended its nationwide warning strike, after agreeing to the Federal Government’s modalities on the timeline for the implementation of its framework. The development came a day after the union disclaimed an earlier statement by the Coordinating Minister of Health and...