News Reports

There are fears it could spread to Africa.

The Joint Health Sector Union embarked on a nationwide strike on Thursday.

“The state is planning measles campaign with the support of the NPHCDA and other partners.”

The union wants the management to implement agreed welfare package entered in 2013.

A report said Nigeria had about 58,000 cases of maternal mortality in 2015.

The Abuja health workers gave various reasons for not joining the national strike.

The WHO report takes a broad and prospective look at antibiotic development.

“The most worrisome is the report from North-East where MMR is highest.”

The minister appealed to the workers not to embark on the strike.

Health Minister disclosed this in the weekly report of the state of the nation’s public health.

WHO says more than 2,600 suspected cholera cases and 40 deaths have been reported in Borno, following heavy rainfall this year and lack of access to safe water

NHIS said the scheme has covered over 6 million Nigerians.

The federal government has suspended the head of the scheme and is probing it for alleged corruption

The chairman of committee of Chief Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals says there should be accountability.

He says traditional condiments are more healthy.

About 2,627 cases of the disease were recorded by the state ministry of health.

There is currently no specific anti-viral drug for yellow fever.

Pregnant women in the village do not go to hospitals.

Nurses also called for a state of emergency in the health sector.

Most of the bodies do not have boards as they were dissolved at the inception of the President Buhari administration.

Average waiting time was discovered to be three hours and above.

Measles incidence among children under five years increased in northern Nigeria between 2014 and 2016.