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Measles deaths fall 88% since 2000, but global cases surge - WHO

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Global immunisation efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO noted that near... Read More


What Otti administration is doing to address Abia's healthcare challenges - Official

Nigeria, Nov. 30 -- At the 2025 National Health Dialogue in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary of the Abia State Ministry of Health, Ifeyinwa Blossom, reaffirmed the state government's ongoing efforts to ... Read More


Nigeria, Brazil sign MoU to boost local drug manufacturing

Nigeria, Nov. 28 -- Nigeria has signed a major Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazil to accelerate local pharmaceutical manufacturing and strengthen industrial cooperation. The agreement is b... Read More


Experts discuss challenges in Nigeria's health sector, demand urgent reforms

Nigeria, Nov. 28 -- Health sector leaders and policymakers on Thursday outlined urgent steps Nigeria must take to strengthen primary healthcare (PHC) delivery and mobilise sustainable financing in a r... Read More


ActionAid Nigeria marks 25 years, sets agenda for next phase of operations

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) marked its 25th year of operations in the country on Tuesday, with the Secretary General of ActionAid International, Arthur Larok, joining other dignitaries... Read More


Nigerian government sets digitisation as core of 2026 cooperative reform

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The federal government has announced that digitisation will serve as a central pillar of Nigeria's proposed 2026 Cooperative Reform Programme. The policy direction was reaffirmed ... Read More


PT HEALTH WATCH: Why malaria, other common infections are becoming harder to treat - Expert

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- Some common infections are increasingly failing to respond to the medicines that once treated them effectively, a trend experts link to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistan... Read More


Resident doctors refute labour ministry's claims of progress, insist strike continues

Nigeria, Nov. 20 -- The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment's claim that the government has met "19 out of 20" of its demands, in... Read More


Women's coalition condemns Kebbi schoolgirls' abduction, calls for swift action to rescue them

Nigeria, Nov. 20 -- A coalition of women's rights advocates from North-central, North-east, and North-west Nigeria, Voices for Inclusion and Equity for Women (VIEW), has condemned the abduction of 25 ... Read More


SPECIAL REPORT: In Lagos communities, flooding forces women into unsafe births

Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- Fatima Sulaimon, 35, had her fifth child on a tiny fishing canoe. It happened in the dead of night, five years ago, in Agboyi, a riverine community under the Kosofe Local Governmen... Read More