In the United Arab Emirates, where cities like Abu Dhabi and Dubai consistently rank among the world’s most forward-thinking, the Emirate of Sharjah, the country’s cultural and knowledge capital, has decisively positioned itself as a premier hub for research and innovations in healthcare. This transformation is primarily driven by...
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Nigerian Government has announced plans to mobilise ₦150 billion to support vaccine procurement for 2025 and 2026, as part of its broader strategy to strengthen immunisation coverage and enhance healthcare financing nationwide. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Olawale Edun, made this known on...
Nigeria has recorded a 17 percent decline in maternal deaths across 172 high-burden local government areas, marking a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to curb maternal mortality. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during a press briefing...
The annual technical meeting of experts on the Surveillance of Priority Zoonotic Diseases as an entry point for operationalizing the “One Health” approach in the ECOWAS region, opened in Accra, Ghana on Monday with several high-level speakers stressing the crucial importance of the integrated approach for the prevention and...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Polytechnic Ugbokolo had flagged off a free medical outreach in partnership with OCMM International and support from the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), to bring hope, healing, and smiles on the people of Ugbokolo community and the entire people of...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – Akwa Ibom State Health Insurance Agency (AKSHIA) has continued to record a steady influx of individuals seeking enrollment into the scheme for being affordable and accessible. A visit to the agency’s office showed that dozens of residents are turning up at the Agency’s head...
Halifax, October 28, 2025 — The international health community gathered this week in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the 32nd Canadian Global Health Conference (CGHC). This event, considered the most important in Canada in its field, brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, students, civil society representatives, and private sector stakeholders each...
Only seven of Nigeria’s 36 states spent more than 80 percent of their health budgets in 2024, according to civic tech group BudgIT. The finding was revealed during the launch of BudgIT’s 2025 State of States Report, themed “ _A Decade of Subnational Fiscal Analysis,”_ held on Tuesday in...
Akwa Ibom State Government has approved the implementation of an upward review of salaries and special allowances for doctors and other health workers with effect from November 1, 2025. This followed an approval by Governor Umo Eno during the state Executive Council meeting held on October 13th. The state...
The Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) Health Committee, in collaboration with the Office of the President-General, ADU, the Nigerian Red Cross Society (Anambra State Branch), Awba-Ofemili Health Volunteers Team (AHVT) and the Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA), is set to host the Awba-Ofemili Community Health Awareness Campaign...
House of Representatives Committee on Health Services has advised that Primary Healthcare Centres should not be run by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) medical doctors because they are on transit during the national service. Instead such healthcare facilities should have medical doctors employed by the government posted to the...
Yobe State’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information, and Culture, Hon. Abdullahi Bego, has said the state government’s decision to provide free dialysis and other medical treatments is a direct response to the alarming rise in kidney disease cases across several northern communities. Bego, speaking during a media briefing at...
President/Chief Executive of the African Development Studies Centre (ADSC), Sir Victor Oluwafemi, has called for greater responsibility and accuracy when reporting on the health of public officials, following recent unverified claims about Finance Minister Wale Edun’s medical condition. In a statement issued on Thursday, Sir Oluwafemi expressed concern over...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has sounded the alarm over a staggering global health crisis, revealing that an estimated 4,000 adolescent girls and young women contract HIV every week worldwide. This sobering statistic was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lokoja by AHF Nigeria’s Senior Advocacy...
In a significant push to strengthen mental health services in post-conflict regions, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Health and Human Services, hosted a two-day stakeholders’ engagement in Maiduguri to mark the 2025 World Mental Health Day. The event,...
Governor Umo Eno is expanding access to healthcare services to rural communities of Akwa Ibom State and one of the ways that this is being achieved is through the state health insurance agency, a social security system that guarantees the provision of needed health services to persons on the...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) has organized a workshop in Monrovia, Liberia, to advance regional cooperation in medical evaluation, harmonising immunisation days, and creating a regional procurement system for health commodities. The three-day workshop was declared opened on Monday by Liberia’s Assistant Minister of...
In a significant ruling on Friday, the Federal High Court in Abuja directed the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to constitute an independent medical panel to evaluate the health condition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice James Omotosho issued the directive, mandating that...
By Abiemwense Moru – Poverty is a global menace distressing millions of people, depriving them the essentials of living and increasing the risk of suicidal thoughts. It is not merely a lack of income; it is a deep, suffocating force affecting mental health, dignity, and life itself. For millions,...
Management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), has told pensioners of the Fund that verification of pensioners was the reason why the increases in pension had not been implemented. Managing Director of the Fund, Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, revealed this when the management team hosted the Pensioners Executive...