15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (219+ words) Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) from Lagos State have called on the government and the private sector to extend digital skills development training to them, in order to empower them to become self-reliant and productive. They made the call at the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1687+ words) • IVF cheaper in Nigeria despite high treatment costs • Experts seek regulation, insurance coverage, local production of fertility drugs Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Nigeria is increasingly attracting fertility patients from other parts of Africa and the global diaspora for in-vitro fertilisation…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1349+ words) The growing number of Africans living with diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer is creating a new challenge for health systems already struggling to keep essential medicines within patients’ reach. That concern took centre stage during a virtual press briefing where…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (689+ words) Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the Agency’s ‘5 Plus 5’ policy and Ceiling List initiatives have enhanced local production of medicines and medical…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (68+ words) THISDAYLIVE FCTA Targets 20,000 Dogs in Rabies Vaccination Drive Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja The Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it seeks to vaccinate between 15,000 to 20,000 dogs in the ongoing mass rabies vaccination…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (339+ words) The foundation said the move validated years of advocacy for a more humane and evidence-based response to people experiencing suicidal distress and mental health crises. The development came as Asido marked its seventh anniversary, as well as years of advocacy,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (447+ words) Forty years after Dr. Bola Olaosebikan founded Healthcare magazine to promote health information, education and public advocacy, stakeholders from the medical, pharmaceutical, academic, public and private sectors gathered in Lagos to examine the future of Nigeria’s healthcare system. The 40th anniversary…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (571+ words) The ELGMC project is implemented by DGI Consult as part of the Strengthening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (SARAH) Project, jointly implemented by UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Speaking during one of the workshops, UNICEF Health…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (619+ words) THISDAYLIVE CONTAINING DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK IN KANO Government must embark on massive vaccination against the disease The diphtheria outbreak that has reportedly killed over 50 children in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State is very concerning. Although emergency measures had been…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (387+ words) .NPHCDA deploys 500,000 doses of vaccines The federal government has activated an emergency task force to tackle the outbreak of diphtheria among children in parts of Katsina and Kano states. Also, as part of the immediate response, the National Primary Health…...