Tag: healthcare
Alimosho LG flags off community-based child nutrition intervention to combat malnutrition
Lagos, Jan. 27, 2026(NAN)Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State, has flagged off a community-based nutrition programme to tackle malnutrition among children aged 0–5 years.
Mr Johnson...
Kogi doctors hail Ododo for implementing N300,000 as allowance
Lokoja, Jan. 27, 2026 (NAN) The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Kogi Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja, has commended Gov. Ahmed Ododo for the implementation...
UNICEF donates 25,000 HIV test kits to Bauchi State
Bauchi, Jan. 26, 2016 (NAN) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has donated 25,000 HIV test kits to the Bauchi state government to improve...
2026 Measles-Rubella Vaccination: Agege council boss strategises with health workers
Agege (Lagos), Jan. 26, 2026 (NAN) The Chairman, Agege Local Government, Mr Abdul-Ganiyu Obasa, on Monday met with primary healthcare workers ahead of the...
Nigerian Navy unveils modern health centre in Mullah community of Adamawa
Hong (Adamawa), Jan. 22, 2026 (NAN) The Nigerian Navy on Thursday, commissioned and handed over a Primary Healthcare Centre at Mullah, Hyema Community, Hong...
CMD appreciates Nasarawa Govt., stakeholders on conversion of DASH to FUTH
Lafia, Jan. 17, 2026 (NAN) Dr Hassan Ikrama, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal University Teaching Hospital (FUTH), Lafia, has commended the Nasarawa State...
Nigerian scientist calls for reforms in Africa’s health research supply chains
Abuja, Jan. 16, 2026 (NAN) A Nigerian scientist, Prof. Iruka Okeke of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, has called for urgent reforms...
Bago pledges integrated health reforms, stronger partnership coordination
Kaduna, Jan. 16, 2026(NAN) Gov. Mohammed Bago of Niger, has reaffirmed the state’s commitment to comprehensive health reforms, stronger systems and sustainable partnerships to...
Experts urge newly inducted pharmacists to be bridge builders in healthcare
Okada (Edo), Jan.15,2026(NAN)Experts in pharmacy have urged newly inducted pharmacists at Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo, to serve as bridge builders in healthcare practice
The experts...
Rep. Daniel Amos donates ambulance to Fed. varsity, Kachia
Kaduna, Jan. 15, 2026 (NAN) Mr Daniel Amos (APC-Kaduna), has donated a brand new ambulance to the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, to...
Why health workers are essential in Schools — Inclusive Educationist
Lagos, Jan. 15, 2025 (NAN) Dr Aghedo-Akran Akhere, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Strategist, says deploying community health workers in schools is...
Lassa fever killed 215 Nigerians in 2025 – NCDC
Abuja, Jan. 15, 2026 (NAN) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 215 deaths were recorded from Lassa fever in 2025,...
NHIA seeks Innovative research to bridge health insurance gaps
Abuja, Jan. 15, 2026 (NAN) The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced plans to commission series of research studies, in a bid to...
Anambra industrialist invests over N50m in community development
Awka, Jan. 14, 2026 (NAN) Mr Godwin Osonwa, Anambra Lagos-based industrialist, says he invested over N50 million to build and equip healthcare and ICT...
Bridging Nigeria’s healthcare gaps through artificial intelligence
Walking into a typical primary healthcare centre in Nigeria, one is often confronted by overworked health workers juggling long queues, limited diagnostic tools and...
‘No work, no pay’ policy: JOHESU insists on continuing strike
Abuja, Jan. 14, 2026 (NAN) The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) has insisted on continuing its indefinite national...
Alta Semper Secures USD 57.5 Million from EIB Group and IFC...
Alta Semper Capital LLP (“Alta Semper”), a London-based private equity firm focused on healthcare and consumer investments in high-growth markets, today announced that it...
