4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (661+ words) The United Nations Children’s Fund on Thursday handed over a renovated Primary Health Care facility to the Katsina State Government, with a call for immediate provision of essential equipment, adequate staffing and maintenance to ensure improved access to quality healthcare…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (593+ words) The Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mass Administration of Azithromycin in Children 1–59 Months in Nigeria programme has reached more than 16 million children across 11 northern states, its organisers have said. The milestone comes as Nigeria continues to record a slow decline…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1355+ words) Renowned obstetricians and gynaecologists have asserted that the high fertility rate and rapid population growth across the West African sub-region are fuelling regional instability, economic frustration and vulnerability to violent extremism, urging African leaders to invest more in family planning....

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (512+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has linked Chinese counterfeiters now living in Nigeria to the proliferation of fake goods, worsening the production, distribution and sale of adulterated, harmful and unwholesome products. NAFDAC Director of Investigation…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (329+ words) The Anambra State AIDS Control Agency has launched a new campus-based HIV response initiative across 27 tertiary institutions in the state, targeting adolescent young people with the aim of intensifying prevention, awareness and support services. The initiative, known as the ‘Campus…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (554+ words) The First Lady of Bauchi State, Aishatu Mohammed, on Saturday commissioned a newly constructed National Health Insurance Scheme complex at the Bauchi State Specialist Hospital, describing the facility as a significant addition to the state’s healthcare infrastructure. The facility includes…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1656+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria have come under pressure over proliferation of counterfeit products as Nigerians take to social media to expose food, drugs, cosmetics and other consumer goods…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) The Assembly of Health Care Professionals in Katsina State says its members will begin a seven-day warning strike from midnight on September 8 over unresolved demands. The assembly announced this in a notice jointly signed on Tuesday in Katsina by the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1572+ words) For residents of Gombe metropolis, the water crisis is not a matter of accounting terminology. It is measured in the early morning queues at boreholes, the cost of buying water from commercial vendors, the search for functioning public taps and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (462+ words) The Lagos State Government has called for stronger collaboration between the health and education sectors and other professionals to address the psychological, social and structural challenges confronting communities. The call was made at the 11th International Conference of Community Psychology hosted…...