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“The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 10 million people die of cancer annually worldwide and that 70 per cent...

A major component of strengthening health systems to achieve UHC is through public–private partnerships (PPPs).

What is preventing so many women from breastfeeding, for those who have no physical reason stopping them?

According to UNICEF, between 400,000 and 800,000 Nigerian women live with obstetric fistula.

For a man who decided, without a gun to his head, to decline an offer already accepted, Mr Pate is...

The new focus on localized development will put youth, local communities, beneficiaries, and civil society organizations in the driver’s seat.

Mr Bio’s victory in the first round of Sierra Leone's election, by securing higher than the 55 per cent needed...

The unemployment rate also rose slightly in Rivers under Nyesom Wike’s administration.

Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are among the most prevalent and persistent diseases. They're responsible for disabling millions of people.

Mr Ikpeazu made many promises in his first and second terms as governor, but the question is: has he been...

Governor Matawalle promised to tackle unemployment and poverty as well as revamp the education and health sectors

Our reporters observed that health activities were largely disrupted in some hospitals in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, Lagos and Ogun...

But are these relative successes in curtailing trafficking sustainable, including after the return to civilian government?

Charly Boy is the third Nigerian celebrity to go public with a prostate cancer diagnosis in recent times.

According to a 2022 survey published by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) in its Gender-Based Violence Reporting...

Despite reports of scepticism at the onset of vaccination, about 64 million people in Nigeria have so far taken the...

NPHCDA said 55.2 per cent of the total eligible population targeted for COVID-19 vaccination are fully vaccinated.

Yobe has reconstructed 138 primary healthcare centres out of the 178 destroyed by Boko Haram.

Women scavengers in Lagos say they are in their "dirty work" as a means of survival but experts say with...

The 8.5 minutes-long interview with Peter Okwoché of the BBC is the first one-on-one interview Bola Tinubu has granted since...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are facial and oral malformations that occur very early in pregnancy while the baby is...

The event aims to provide a high-level platform for key stakeholders in policy, governance, economics and healthcare to discuss the...

Despite the increase, only 5.75 per cent of the total budget is allocated to the health sector in the 2023...