The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), in a statement issued on Monday, also confirmed their arrival, saying both...

Mr Idris said the agency was already covering accommodation and feeding costs for those placed in designated facilities but had...

Mr Idris said the contacts include healthcare workers, the confirmed patient’s domestic staff and spouse, as well as health personnel...

Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, Mr Kaseya said he was familiar with the political dynamics across...

Mr Kaseya said the woman, who was born in Uganda but resides in Abuja, spent several days in her home...

Providing details of the patient’s medical history, Mr Kaseya said the woman first developed symptoms on 6 October and initially...

PPH, or excessive bleeding after childbirth, is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths worldwide, including in Kaduna and...

PrEP is an HIV prevention intervention for people who do not have HIV but may be at risk of acquiring...

UNAIDS and KFF, an independent US-based health policy research organisation, attributed the decline almost entirely to a sharp reduction in...

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this on Thursday at the opening of the...

The 2025 National Health Dialogue convened key voices in Nigeria’s health sector for crucial conversations on reform and accountability.

Confirming the development in a telephone conversation with PREMIUM TIMES, NARD President, Muhammad Suleiman said the strike has been suspended...

Mrs Sulaiman-Ibrahim, however, explained that barriers continue to limit women’s participation in leadership and access to formal credit.

This is the first time the government is working in a coordinated way to improve PHCs. So, we are moving...

The strike, which took effect from 1 November, marks an escalation of the dispute between resident doctors and the government...

The number of Africans living with hypertension has steadily risen over the past three decades and is projected to reach...

In September, PREMIUM TIMES published an investigative piece on how pregnant women, babies die due to poorly equipped PHCs in...

After marriage, there is almost an unspoken countdown: within nine months, a baby and sometimes, even twins or triplets are...

In August, the country’s leading DNA testing centre, Smart DNA Nigeria, released its 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, revealing that...

The doctors embarked on an indefinite strike last Monday to press home their demands after months of unresolved negotiations with...

Among the issues driving the action are shortage of manpower, poor welfare, unpaid salaries, unexplained deductions, the psychological toll of...

The ARD-FCT had embarked on a seven-day warning strike last Monday, citing the government’s failure to resolve long-standing grievances

Previous strikes by resident doctors have often crippled services across hospitals nationwide

The doctors said failure to comply will result in a five-day warning strike, commencing on Friday, 12 September.

We’ve had reports of girls who use dry leaves, cow dung and their socks in place of sanitary pads