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Four states account for 80% of confirmed cases of yellow fever in Nigeria
Nigeria has a yellow fever outbreak underway and an analysis of the official data on the number confirmed cases showed...
How the world’s worst hit countries are dealing with COVID-19
Across the world, over 20 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since the pandemic began. While every country...
A breakdown of Nigeria’s 2020 budget for health
As 2020 gets underway, we take a closer look at what Nigeria wants to spend on health as contained in...
The link between poverty and fertility
In the 1950's the average woman had five children, since then the number has halved globally - but not in...
In Nigeria, drug abuse is highest in the southwest
Many factors are responsible for the surge in drug abuse in Nigeria, Dr. Adetola Oladimeji reports... The first ever report...
Nigeria’s proposed health budget for 2019
A breakdown of the 2020 budget for health is now available. Check it out here Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has...
Tobacco industry is booming in Nigeria despite rising smoking deaths
As smoking deaths increase, the business of tobacco continues to boom in Nigeria According to Nigeria’s adult tobacco survey, over...
Nigerian government’s false and misleading claims on exclusive breastfeeding
In an attempt to drum support for exclusive breastfeeding, Nigerian health ministry top official made false and misleading claims On...
Why more Nigerian women are receiving HIV treatment than men
Among Africa's most populous countries, only Nigeria has more women on HIV treatment than men. Why is this so? In...
HIV gender gap is widening in Nigeria
After over 10 years of stability, Nigeria's HIV gender gap is widening and it doesn't favor women According to the...
