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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that it is supporting the governments of Delta and Enugu states in their response to suspected outbreak of yellow fever. In ...

Nigerian doctors under the umbrella body of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike. In the light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in ...

The city of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital city and the epicentre of the country's COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic reached a major milestone on Monday 6 April 2020, when it did not ...

it was unfortunate that the MDCAN did not take time to study the circularExecutive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed Following the announcement of a strike action by members ...

As the new coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across the world, the Nigerian government has revealed that the country's strategy for the control of the disease is targeted at the ...

The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Mohammed Sambo has expressed the scheme's readiness to increase support it is providing to patients that are living with cancer. According ...

As 2020 gets underway, we take a closer look at what Nigeria wants to spend on health as contained in the country's approved 2020 budget. In his address to lawmakers, ...

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and partners, is launching a Yellow Fever (YF) reactive vaccination campaign, in three States to ...

International organisation Rotary has announced a new donation of $10.2 million to support the eradication of polio in Nigeria. Nigeria is one of the recipients of fresh donation from Rotary ...

Nigeria's Minister Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has expressed government's interest in improving the quality of healthcare service in the country. According to him, Nigeria will now see quality as fundamental ...