Lara Adejoro As the holiday season approaches, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS has urged Nigerians to prioritise their health by knowing their HIV status. The Director General of NACA, Dr Temitope Ilori, made this appeal in a statement signed by the agency’s Head of Public Relations ...

Lara Adejoro The World Health Organisation Africa Regional Director-elect, Dr Faustine Ndugulile, is dead. He died on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. Born in 1969, Ndugulile was a Tanzanian politician and renowned public health expert. In August 2024, Ndugulile was nominated as the next Regional ...

Lara Adejoro Following the recent devastating flood, the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has embarked on a comprehensive assessment of the Alau Dam in Borno State to ascertain its integrity. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, disclosed this on Monday ...

Lara Adejoro A recent data published on Monday by the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund stated that global childhood immunisation coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. WHO and ...

Lara Adejoro Following an increase in the number of deaths an cases of cholera, the Federal Government has enjoined Nigerians to imbibe good personal environmental hygiene to curb further spread across the country. The advice was given by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, ...

Lara Adejoro The Coordinator of the Africa Health Budget Network, Dr Aminu Magashi, on Friday, announced a commitment of N1m as a take-off grant for the Emergency and Health Hazards Trust Fund for health journalists. Dr Magashi who paid the sum of N250,000 to the trust fund account of the ...

Lara Adejoro The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Pate has faulted an announcement made by the Ministry of Defence on the approval and creation of a new Health Maintenance Organisation for civil servants. The Ministry of Defence in a statement on its website ...

 Lara Adejoro The National Action on Sugar Reduction Coalition has intensified its advocacy for a 20 per cent increase in sugar-sweetened beverages in Nigeria. The coalition noted that the additional revenue is earmarked to alleviate the burden of non-communicable diseases in the healthcare ...

Lara Adejoro A World Health Organisation report has ranked Nigeria at the top of the 2022 List of zero-dose countries, with over 2.3 Million estimated zero-dose children, accounting for approximately 16 per cent of the global total. The 2023 report showcased the achievement of key public health ...

Lara Adejoro The National Coordinator of the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, on Tuesday, said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention cannot manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country. He stated this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the ...

 Lara Adejoro Barely two weeks after findings by a Swiss investigative organisation, Public Eye, and the International Baby Food Action Network, alleged that two of the best-selling baby-food brands marketed by Nestlé in low- and middle-income countries contain high levels of added sugar, the ...

Lara Adejoro The Federal Government has promised to initiate a process to adjust the Consolidated Health Salary Structure for the Joint Health Sector Unions of Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, according to a communique ...