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20 per cent of adolescents experience mental health disorders globally - WHO

Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that between 10 and 20 per cent of adolescents globally experience mental health disorders such as depression and psychosis, often ... Read More


Nigeria's life expectancy ranked lowest globally

Nigeria, Oct. 9 -- The United Nations' (UN) latest global health report for 2025 has ranked Nigeria as the country with the lowest life expectancy globally. The report places Nigeria's average life e... Read More


WHO raises concerns over resurgence of Chikungunya virus

Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- On Tuesday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said several countries have reported a resurgence of the chikungunya virus, with spikes in some countries and declines in others comp... Read More


Gates Foundation supports Nigeria's immunisation campaign targeting two million children

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The Gates Foundation has expressed strong support for Nigeria's nationwide integrated immunisation campaign, which aims to reach more than two million unvaccinated children and boos... Read More


Lassa Fever: Nigeria records 166 deaths as outbreak spreads across 21 states - NCDC

Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- Nigeria has recorded 166 deaths from Lassa fever in 2025, with the case fatality rate rising above that of the same period last year. This was contained in the latest situation rep... Read More


Remi Tinubu launches menstrual hygiene intervention for schoolgirls nationwide

Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- Nigeria's First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has launched a nationwide distribution of menstrual hygiene packs aimed at supporting schoolgirls, particularly those in rural communities. Th... Read More


Nigeria's Resident doctors announce new call limits, decry burnout

Nigeria, Oct. 2 -- The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced new limits to the length of call duties its members can undertake, citing exhaustion, burnout, and preventable deat... Read More


Nigeria@65: Nigerian doctors list failures, reforms needed in health sector

Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said the country's health sector is still plagued by chronic underperformance, with little progress made despite its potential. In a stat... Read More


Healthcare among key areas benefiting from subsidy reforms - Tinubu

Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is investing savings from fuel subsidy removal and foreign exchange reforms into healthcare and other key sectors of the ... Read More


Chinese firm unveils bone adhesive that repairs fractures within minutes

Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- A recent claim about a Chinese-made bone adhesive sparked online debate after an X user expressed scepticism about claims of new Chinese inventions, saying he would independently ... Read More