Kenya has confirmed a third case of Ebola after a 65-year-old woman tested positive while in quarantine. The woman is a close relative of Kenya’s first...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says about 93 per cent of children affected by recent diphtheria outbreaks in Nigeria had not received the...
Malnutrition admissions at 10 health facilities supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in north-eastern Nigeria rose 18 per cent in the first...
The Assembly of Healthcare Professionals has declared a seven-day warning strike over the state government’s failure to address its demands for improved allowances and salary adjustments...
Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola, involving a 39-year-old man who developed symptoms while in quarantine, 10 days after the country’s first confirmed patient...
It started with a sharp pain in Musa Saidu’s stomach. The 20-year-old initially thought little of it. But the pain was soon followed by fever, vomiting...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that gaps in routine immunisation are leaving Nigerian children vulnerable to preventable diseases, urging the government to increase domestic...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has said the livestock sector uses more antibiotics than the human health sector. Mr Pate noted...
The federal government has announced plans to invest an additional $3 billion in Nigeria’s health sector by 2030 as part of efforts to reduce dependence on...
State government-owned hospitals in Kwara State are introducing electronic medical records (EMR) to strengthen health information management and modernise public healthcare delivery in the state. The...