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In addition to the exodus of doctors, about 75,000 nurses have left Nigeria since 2017.

In this report, PREMIUM TIMES provides a comprehensive look at key events that shaped the health sector last year.

Findings by PREMIUM TIMES reveal that an ever-growing refuse dump in the community has become a major cause of flooding...

UHC covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one in six men will experience some form of GBV in their lifetime.

"As at the end of September 2024, 82 per cent of the estimated PLHIV in US CDC- supported (Nigerian) states...

Currently, Nigeria ranks third in global preterm births with 774,100 preterm births annually and a high perinatal mortality rate.

Only about 33 per cent of pregnant women are on antiretroviral therapy (ART),

For too long, this premier tertiary hospital established in 1957, has been, as it were, on a sick bed waiting...

“When we have sick people in the community, we take them elsewhere. We have since lost hope in the hospital....

In February 2023, African leaders met once again to revisit the Abuja Declaration.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nigeria accounted for nearly 30 per cent of global malaria cases.

The first rollout of the vaccine will be in Bayelsa and Kebbi, two states with high seasonal transmission of malaria.

The programme aims to provide beneficiaries with free primary and secondary healthcare services for 12 months.

Nigeria has received 10,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine, but none for children under 18.

The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital sustained significant water damage and was forced to suspend its operations for two weeks.

We have cleaned up the water at the hospital and basic services will resume, the Chief Medical Director of the...

“Beans used to be a regular meal for us, but now we can only afford it once a week."

Ranked by WHO among the 37 countries with critical health workforce shortages, Nigeria is battling an exodus of trained professionals...

Compared to Clade I and II, the new variant, Clade Ib, is considered to be deadlier and contagious, spreading rapidly...

This practice has compromised the trust in Nigeria's healthcare system, prompting those who can afford it to seek treatment abroad.

In 2020, the Kwara State Government renovated four primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in different communities at a total cost of...

An average of two to three doctors reportedly resign from Lagos State’s primary and secondary facilities every month without commensurate...

“Recently, guidelines for the NHIA Act was launched ... which also provides funding for vulnerable Nigerians, including cancer patients.’’