The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mastercard Foundation have launched a new phase of their partnership on the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative to strengthen the…

African leaders, leading scientists, researchers, and innovators have proffered strategic measures to reposition Africa in the global health architecture. The stakeholders analysed measures to forge a new public health order…

The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jean Kaseya, tasked the Africa region on Monday to take charge of its public health and strengthen its…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS on Friday said 1.8 million persons are estimated to be living with HIV in Nigeria, out of which about 1.63 million are…

The United Nations agencies have said pregnant women, babies, and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention. They called on world leaders to ensure newborns…

Nigeria has attained a 78% coverage rate for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the initial 12 states where the immunisation programme was rolled out. According to the Immunisation Officer…

The Federal Government on Tuesday launched its Strategy and Implementation Plan 2023-2027 to protect Nigerians against infectious diseases, emerging public health threats and evolving challenges. The five-year strategic and implementation…

President Bola Tinubu is worried over the mass exodus of health workers in the country in search of greener pastures, his Special Adviser on Public Health Matters, Salma Anas said.…

No fewer than 650,000 Nigerian children were displaced due to floods from 2016 to 2021, the United Nations Children’s Fund said. The UN agency also said over 110 million Nigerian…

To improve healthcare service delivery in the country, a digital public health expert, Zaid Olanrewaju, has urged the Federal Government to digitalise the country’s health sector. Olanrewaju, who said this…