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The 12 PHCs PREMIUM TIMES visited are yearning for equipment and personnel to cope with the swarming patients.

Nigeria, where malaria is responsible for 11 per cent of maternal deaths, 25 per cent of deaths among infants, and...

In South Africa, Nestlé promotes its wheat cereal Cerelac as a source of 12 essential vitamins and minerals.

"Assisted reproductive techniques are good but exploiting the donors is what we frown at," the Nigerian lawmaker says.

The tribunal heard that the pair had consensual sexual intercourse in the hospital toilet cubicle and at her home.

About 13 years after Lagos State put in place an anti-discrimination law, and five years after the federal government did...

Impoverished young men are selling their kidneys in return for cash to start their businesses.

Nigeria has insufficient facilities to treat cancer patients at a time when more citizens testing positive for cancer.

If there is anything that has proven to be an important backbone of democracy, it is the freedom of information.

At GTB, he allied with long-time friend and business partner Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, also an executive director at the bank at...

According to the Global Cancer Observatory (Globocan), cancer causes an estimated 78,000 deaths in Nigeria annually.

A medical doctor with expertise in sexual & reproductive health, Damian Avar, also known as Sabi Doctor, speaks on the...

Cross-border kidnappings have been reported in several parts of Ethiopia.

“Every month that I have my period, it is extremely painful. It is so painful that I have to be...

Anti-malaria drugs are among the most common counterfeit drugs worldwide. Several promising interventions aim to combat the illegal trade.

Morocco could outperform its low-middle-income African peers – but only if…

Regrettably, many healthcare workers are inadequately compensated or not compensated at all within the majority of our member states

Ghali Na’Abba, the second House of Representatives speaker in the current democratic dispensation, died on Wednesday.

Residents say terrorists launch "merciless" attacks after every military operation.

While many African nations have made commitments to achieving UHC and have implemented various health policies and programmes, challenges persist.

Although the allocation to FP in 2024 is better than the last four years, the low budgetary allocation raises concerns...

Through various operations, the military and other security agencies have stepped up efforts to make Nigeria safer for all.

The commitment, which was made by heads of African countries in 2001 and is now known as the ‘Abuja Declaration’,...

Opponents of the transition process plan to boycott the 17 December vote on creating a unitary vs federalist state.

All three states saw low voter turnout - indicating that many Nigerians have little interest or confidence in the system...