Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are renewing their longstanding partnership to end polio, announcing a joint commitment ...

The separation of conjoined twins at the National Hospital Abuja is a demonstration of what Nigeria's health system can achieve ...

A US$1 increase in the minimum wage is linked to a fall in the suicide rate of between 3.5 and ...

A 1997 study found that reducing food availability over a lifetime (caloric restriction) has remarkable effects on aging and the ...

As 2020 gets underway, we take a closer look at what Nigeria wants to spend on health as contained in ...

In the year 2019, I had the most shocking revelation about female genital mutilation (FGM) and it all started when ...

An international team of researchers has identified key networks within the brain which they say interact to increase the risk ...

We have a rare chance as a continent to send a message to the whole world: Africa is the first ...

A ground-breaking report on family planning in the world’s 69 lowest-income countries today shows that more women and girls have ...

In the 1950's the average woman had five children, since then the number has halved globally - but not in ...