Integrating cancer into Primary Health Care services would represent a significant advancement for the nation, particularly considering the high burden...
Read moreIn this report, PREMIUM TIMES analyses a year in healthcare – acknowledging the difficulties faced, highlighting successes achieved, and pointing...
Read moreWhile many African nations have made commitments to achieving UHC and have implemented various health policies and programmes, challenges persist.
Read moreThe federal government established the BHCPF in 2014, under Section 11 of the National Health Act; to provide funding to...
Read moreAlthough the allocation to FP in 2024 is better than the last four years, the low budgetary allocation raises concerns...
Read moreIn October, WHO recommended its use for the prevention of malaria in children.
Read moreThe Conference of the Parties, dubbed COP, is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change...
Read moreDespite this encouraging initiative by the new administration, the funds earmarked for 2023 are yet to be released.
Read moreThrough various operations, the military and other security agencies have stepped up efforts to make Nigeria safer for all.
Read moreThe commitment, which was made by heads of African countries in 2001 and is now known as the ‘Abuja Declaration’,...
Read moreThe briefing was organised to address the allegation of illegal kidney trade involving Alliance Hospital, an Abuja-based medical facility.
Read moreThe association also expressed great worry over various attacks and kidnapping of health workers from their workplaces.
Read moreCervical cancer, a type of cancer that develops in a woman’s cervix, is the fourth most common cancer among women...
Read more“The reduction in expenditure on fuelwood was 58 per cent, and the frequency of fuelwood scouting time was reduced from...
Read moreMedical doctors and other health workers have downed tools many times in the past over the failure of the government...
Read moreLassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus.
Read moreNo deaths have been recorded from the outbreak.
Read moreUnder the theme "Breaking Barriers: Repositioning Africa in the Global Health Architecture," the conference which lasted for four days played...
Read moreNigeria moves to end malnutrition as VP Shettima inaugurates core working committee
Read moreThe inclusion is coming a few days after PREMIUM TIMES reported on how the fatal, preventable disease affects Nigerian children.
Read moreThe initiative aims to guide the renewal of Nigeria's health system as part of the government's broader health agenda.
Read moreAccording to the official, the facility’s current status is skeletal, awaiting approval to commence full operation.
Read moreData shows that in 2020, an estimated 78,000 people died as a result of cancer-related complications in Nigeria.
Read moreThe investigation further revealed how a Lagos-based broker recruits young boys to act as agents to lure boys to sell...
Read moreNigeria is a major contributor to the global burden of maternal and newborn deaths.
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