Health

Health

U.S. commits $2.1bn to Christian-run health facilities in Nigeria

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The United States has committed nearly $2.1 billion in health assistance to Nigeria under...
Health

WHO names Nigerian co-chair of first traditional medicine advisory group

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a major step toward formally integrating traditional...
Health

Nigeria’s family planning needs are growing faster than govt funding

Jane Kalu -
Nigeria’s demand for modern family planning services is rising rapidly, but public funding for...
Pollution

Nigeria shuts battery recycling plants after media reports reveal community poisoning

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Nigeria has shut multiple battery recycling plants in Ogun State after media investigations uncovered...
Health

Africa faces sanitation crisis as 780 million go without basic services

Eric Ojo -
Nearly 780 million people in Africa still lack basic sanitation services, the African Ministers’...
Health

Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Imo top states with most miserable health budgets

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Akwa Ibom and Imo have the lowest budget allocations for health in Nigeria, according...
Health

Nigeria fails health readiness test for second year as no state scores 30%

Jane Kalu -
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses in Nigeria’s healthcare system, the...
Health

Nigeria targets 106m children in major measles, polio vaccination drive

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Nigeria has launched a large-scale integrated vaccination campaign targeting over 106 million children against...
Health

Nigeria–U.S. military programme screens 1.6m Nigerians, detects 110,000 HIV cases

Jane Kalu -
A two-decade partnership between Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (NMODHIP) and the...
Health

How one group fights worsening child malnutrition in Nigeria

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At the inpatient therapeutic feeding centre in Maiyama General Hospital in Kebbi state, Nigeria,...
Health

Nigeria health sector on edge as over 16,000 doctors quit

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Nigeria is facing a deepening health emergency as more than 16,000 doctors have left...
Health

Trump administration pushes Africa to pay for U.S. health support

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The United States is shifting its stance on global health assistance, urging African nations...
Health

U.S. halting funding for GAVI, key vaccine supplier for Nigeria

Jane Kalu -
The United States has decided to end its financial support for Gavi, the global...
Health

Nigeria running out of HIV drugs – WHO

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Nigeria and several other countries are running out of life-saving HIV drugs in the...
Health

How we helped Nigeria recruit 774 health fellows: WHO

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has detailed its role in assisting Nigeria to recruit...
Health

Akwa Ibom to assign traditional birth attendants to health centres

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The Akwa Ibom state government has announced plans to train, supervise, and certify traditional...
Medical Innovation

New hope for HIV treatment as world records eighth ‘cure’

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A French woman in her mid-fifties appears to have been cured of HIV, marking...
Health

Relief for Nigeria, other African nations as U.S. eases HIV funding freeze

Olawale Afolabi -
Nigerians and other Africans could heave a sigh of relief as the United States...
Health

Trump’s aid freeze cuts HIV/AIDS funding for Nigeria

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U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause nearly all foreign aid funding has disrupted...
Health

Malaria cases rose in 2023 with African children worst hit: WHO

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There were around 11 million more cases of malaria in 2023 than in 2022,...
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