Tag: health sector

Mr Idris said the development reflects the federal government’s sustained investment in emergency preparedness under the National Health Reform Agenda.

The statement explained that the healthcare facility was expanded and upgraded from a 10-bed PHC to a 40-bed PHC.

The MoU aligns with Nigeria’s own drive towards its own ultimate self-reliance, by reducing dependence on external aid gradually by ...

The Challenge was designed to promote accuracy, innovation and gender-intentional development, while leveraging the influence of governors and health leaders ...

The investigative report, published on Thursday, revealed how poorly staffed and ill-equipped PHCs have forced women to deliver at home ...

The state government said the expanded fiscal plan is to cater for new priorities, including housing estates and funding for ...

The dialogue, convened to establish a strong evidence base for increased and sustained financing, is expected to chart new pathways ...

Mr Pate stressed that the timely implementation of agreements recently reached with the unions is critical to maintaining healthcare services, ...

She added that more than six to seven world-standard hospitals have opened in the territory, adding that additional ones would ...

“We don’t train you and after spending all that money in infrastructure and the first opportunity you get you leave ...

They made the call at a national roundtable discussion centred on enhancing access to justice in Nigeria.

Represented by the Director of Health Planning Research and Statistics, Kamil Shoretire, the minister outlined the government's ambitious targets for ...

Mr Audu noted that while the policy alone would “not be enough” to address all challenges in the health sector, ...

In this report, PREMIUM TIMES provides a comprehensive look at key events that shaped the health sector last year.

Nigeria's pharmaceutical industry has been facing significant challenges, particularly with the rising costs of medications nationwide.

The minister said the dialogue was organised as a part of the nation’s commitment to revamping the health system using ...

The initiative, launched by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, in December is part of the ...

Mr Pate noted that the partners are key to driving the transformation alongside Nigerian and African startups, businesses, and leaders.

The FEC also approved other resolutions aimed at strengthening the health and social welfare sector.

He appealed to the governor to implement the new hazard allowance approved for physicians and other health professionals in Nigeria

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

Public analysts consistently criticised the President’s medical trips abroad, blaming him for “championing the distrust in Nigeria’s health sector,” especially ...

The health sector needs nothing less than $500 million per annum to have concrete research that can be of impact ...

Achieving UHC by 2030 is the central target of the SDG 3, one of the 17 goals set by the ...

"..this is the first time in the history of Gombe that 10 per cent of the the budget is allocated ...