Nigeria’s Center for Disease Control is a victim of its own success – DG
A single new pathogen, a single new virus can set us back 100 years. It can wipe out half of ...
Nigerian expert warns against excessive consumption of fruits
Professor Oladapo Ashiru, a consultant endocrinologist has cautioned Nigerians against the consumption of excess fruits as it could trigger diabetes ...
Health is a right, not a privilege – Pope
WHO's Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, met with His Holiness Pope Francis to discuss ways to ensure that all people ...
NHIS crisis has been ethnicised and politicised – Presidency
Nigeria's Presidency has decried the controversies surrounding the crisis at the country's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Following the announcement ...
What Good is Africa’s Population Dividend if its People Don’t Have Proper Healthcare?
Malaria kills more people in Africa than in any other part of the world. There is a myth in many ...
Nigeria: Universal health coverage, human resources gap and mobile tech
One of the building blocks for functioning health systems is Human resources for health (HRH). The importance of people in ...
Nigerian doctors blame poor staff welfare for healthcare strikes
A new study has shown that poor staff welfare is the leading cause of strikes in Nigeria's health sector. healthnews.africa ...
Nigeria: More trouble for embattled NHIS boss
The Executive Secretary of Nigeria's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Usman Yusuf, has been slammed with an indefinite suspension ...
Nigerian government weighs options on cancer-linked plastic bottle component
Nigeria's Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated a Technical Committee (TC) on the use of Bisphenol – A (BPA) ...
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