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Over 70 years after the Malaria control programme began in Nigeria, the country still has the highest burden of the disease in the world.

In many parts of the Abuja municipality and satellite towns, illegal dumps are becoming a common feature of the landscape

Research indicates type 2 diabetes can be reversed.

The Nigerian government launched the Patients’ Bill of Rights about eight months ago, many do not know how to put the instrument to use 

1500 participants from over 40 countries gathered at the Kigali Convention Centre between March 5 and 7 for the second edition of the Africa Health Agenda International Conference.

How breastmilk and the right combination of locally sourced foods can prevent stunting and chronic diseases in children.

During one of such peak snakebite periods last year, 250 victims died within three weeks in Plateau and Gombe states.

The effect of exercise on health is profound. It can protect you from a range of conditions.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says 70,327 Nigerians died from cancer in 2018, while 115,950 new cases of the disease were recorded the same year.

Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) is a major provision of the act for health funding which government, included in the budget.

UNICEF estimates that Nigeria records 6.7 million cases of childhood pneumonia every year, with about 200,000 under-five deaths.

The authorities are yet to get to the roots of a strange eye disease that has blinded 15 residents of Ruga in the Wuye Ruga community or city gate.

Advocates want women sanitary pads to be given out free like condoms.

It is estimated more than 10,000 people are bitten by snakes each year in Nigeria

The Act, though signed into law in 2014, has been largely unimplemented.

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2017 reports reveal that 28.5 per cent of the Nigerian population practise open defecation, while 110 million citizens lack access to improved sanitation.

PREMIUM TIMES introduces a series to explain comprehensively the provisions of the Act.

Lawyers express divergent views on the “contentious” issue

About 250 psychiatrists attend to tens of millions of Nigerians.

Exclusive breastfeeding and adequate immunisation are ways to ensure healthy well-being of babies.

Even in the few relatively well-equipped centres, health workers lament they cannot do much due to lack of electricity

According to a 2007 study from the FAO, 2.5 billion people globally eat street food every day.