Nigeria recorded 300,000 Tuberculosis cases in 2023 – Minister
Feb. 7, 2024 The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, says the country diagnosed over 300,000 tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2023, marking the first time…
Global cancer burden growing, lung cancer leading cause of cancer death globally – WHO report
Feb. 1, 2024 Ahead of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has released the latest estimates of the…
FG inaugurates 3 policy documents to improve eye health
Oct. 12, 2023 The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated three policy documents to improve vision and eye health in the country. The inauguration was with support from Sightsavers…
We expect states to follow FG’s directive on saving lives before anything else – Minister
October 11, 2023 The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, has charged hospitals in the country to prioritise saving lives. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily…
Tinubu’s healthcare reform agenda will be defined by UHC as priority — FG
June 21, 2023 Dr. Salma Anas, the Special Adviser to the President on Health, has said that President Bola Tinubu administration’s healthcare reform agenda will be defined by making Universal…
NASS will ensure full implementation of NHIA – Sen. Oloreigbe
May 24, 2022 The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Sen. Ibrahim Oloreigbe, says the National Assembly (NASS) will, via its oversight functions, monitor and ensure full implementation of the National…
Nigeria becomes first country in Africa to get Essential Diagnostic List
May 9, 2022 Nigeria has become the first African country to get Essential Diagnostic List (EDL), after about four decades since the existence of the Essential Medicines List (EML). The…
Let citizens feel impact of tax – FIRS advises governors
Sept. 30, 2021 The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged government at all levels to ensure that citizens feel the impact of collected tax in their areas of responsibility….
120 outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio reported in Nigeria
Sept. 6, 2021 The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Dr. Peter Hawkins, has said that a massive outbreak of vaccine-derived polio has been reported in…
NHIS develops ‘health insurance under one roof’, says looking at innovative financing to cover vulnerable group
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is developing a “Health Insurance Under One Roof”, to reduce bottlenecks in service delivery. Health Insurance under one Roof is an initiative aimed at…