Public Health

Nigeria has one of the world's maternal and child health indices. Could this initiative change all that? Tola Oladimeji reports...

WHO-supported ICG supports Nigeria's immunization campaign with 1.4 million doses of yellow fever vaccine The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on...

Speaking to HealthNews.NG in Lagos, Dr Jibola says public toilets are a saving grace for many Nigerians A medical doctor...

Sugar daddies are putting Nigerian adolescent girls at high risk of unwanted pregnancy and the HIV. Safe Love International has...

As more Nigerian women embrace contraceptives, our intern, David Arome explores the key issues Simply put, contraceptive pills and injection...

155 million children globally are still stunted, the world is off track on meeting agreed nutrition targets The recently released Global...

Pneumonia and diarrhoea are killing 1 in 4 children under age of 5 A new report has revealed that Nigeria...

"Outbreaks can be contained and pandemics prevented when countries have core capabilities in place" When a deadly mystery illness was...

There are no specific treatments or vaccines available for monkeypox infection, but outbreaks can be controlled. Monkeypox is a rare...

For the first time, global measles deaths have fallen below 100 000 per year. In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people...