Tag: health

"Majority of our health stories are hidden where our expected audience cannot even access them.” A coalition of Civil Society ...

240 people had been diagnosed with cholera in a community in Benue State The Benue Government on Friday said that the cholera outbreak ...

Health workers downed their tools to draw FG's attention to rot in the sector, Union leader A union leader in the ...

The agency also wants to increase the number of Nigerians going for HIV test. The Director -General, National Agency for ...

The Ogun Health Commissioner defended his ministry’s budget. The Ogun State Government said it was embarking on the construction of ...

Proximity to Lagos implicated as one of the reasons for the spread of the disease. The Ogun State Government disclosed on ...

AMHiN is a national coalition of civil society organizations, media and professional bodies. The Accountability for Maternal and Newborn Child ...

An official said at least 1,099 out of the 1,570 registered corp members will be deployed to schools. At least ...

A recent outbreak of Cholera has been reported in two states. There has been a recent outbreak of cholera in ...

About four million children are expected to be immunised. The Lagos State Government has called on parents to make sure ...

 The policy provides the needed coordinated and comprehensive framework for multi-sectoral action against the worst forms of child labour in ...

The workers commenced their strike last week. The Joint Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (JOHESU) has called off the strike it ...

 “As at August 16, 2013, Nigeria confirmed 43 wild polio virus in nine states…” The Chief Medical Officer, National Polio ...

Hospitals are short-staffed and doctors overworked. Nigeria appears headed for a grave health crisis as the nation’s hospitals face a ...

 The commissioner lamented increased violence on aid workers. Humanitarian workers have been told to always remember their colleagues who died ...

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency stated this in Abuja. The Federal Government has deployed 6,500 midwives ...

On July 6, gunmen, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect stormed Mamudo Secondary school in Yobe State ...

Nigeria’s Health Minister suggests the establishment of more NGOs to address the need of the health sector. The Minister of ...

More clinics are being investigated for quackery. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Rivers chapter, said on Wednesday that it arrested ...

Barcelona may appoint a top coach as replacement. Tito Vilanova, the Coach of Spanish champions, Barcelona, is set to leave ...

The current head of the Nigerian Medical Association was elected to the post. Osahon Enabulele, a Consultant Family Physician and ...

The Minister of State for Health visited two states. Following Nigeria's recent declaration as the country with the worst child ...

The groups want health issues to be focused on at the AU Summit. Civil Society Organisations across Africa and have ...

The doctors said Nigerian lawmakers intervened. By Tobore Ovuorie Striking resident doctors in Nigeria have suspended their three-day warning strike. ...

The state medical association says the government’s claim of free medicare is empty. The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ogun State ...