Health

About 20 of the 52 federal health care centres across Nigeria do not have substantive heads.

More than half pregnant women still gave birth without any assistance from a skilled health worker, an official said.

The programme aims to use mobile technology to scale up health and nutrition outcomes in Nigeria

The district head said there was no functional health centre in his community.

“Investing in maternal health is a smart investment; if you put one dollar in maternal health, it will yield 120...

Mrs. Yar’Adua in July 2009 held an elaborate fundraising event to mobilise N10 billion for the construction of the centre.

1.7 million children under the age of five die every year due to environmental risks.

Three of the hospitals are in Kaduna State while the other two are in Abuja.

NACA also warned against stigmatisation of people living with HIV/AIDS‎.

The basket pools resources to support programmes aimed at strengthening child health and other health interventions.

The victim fell sick last week and was admitted at a government hospital in Maiduguri

He made the pledge while receiving the new World Health Organization, WHO, Country Representative in Nigeria, Alemu Wondi

The experts said it was unacceptable to be losing a large percentage of the Nigerian population to preventable diseases.

Nigerians were advised to know their genotype before marriage.

"Fruit and vegetables have been shown to reduce cholesterol levels..."

The boy is entitled to free and urgent treatment, but the government would not give a guarantee.

The National Drug Policy stipulates that Nigeria should aim at producing 70% of its medicines needs

The deceased had taken ill in Benue State and gone to Calabar for treatment

The group gave the notice on Monday during a street protest in Abuja.

About 1,500 pharmacists were being produced annually in the country.

The suspects were arrested during a monitoring of medical facilities across the state.

The state government has enacted a law that makes vision screening compulsory for children under five years.

“Five years ago, we spent about $35million; but last year alone, we spent $250 million."

"We are going to kick polio out, and we are actively vaccinating and doing surveillance."

Mr. Alonge said that UCH was pioneering such a clinic in West Africa.