ZIMBABWE has rejected a US health deal that would have provided $367m (£272m) in funding over five years because of…
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I RECENTLY read about developments in Malawi, where the government has moved decisively to stop public doctors from running private…
AT an age when most university students rush between lectures with plates of rice, bread rolls or snacks in hand,…
MINISTERS overseeing critical infrastructure and service-delivery agencies are grappling with a severe funding crisis after new figures revealed that less…
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that at least 153 people have died from measles…
THE Minister of State for Health, Iziaq Salako, says Nigeria is not yet capable of producing vaccines locally. Salako spoke…
NIGERIA’s health sector has been thrown into a fresh state of uncertainty as over 11,000 resident doctors under the Nigerian…
GOMBE State has been named among only seven states in Nigeria that implemented over 80 per cent of their 2024…
AS Nigeria marked its 65th Independence Anniversary, Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, rolled out his administration’s scorecard, highlighting…
THE National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced a five-day warning strike on Friday, 12 September 2025, despite assurances…
AT least 10 children have lost their lives in Niger State following a fresh outbreak of diphtheria in the Agaie…
WEST African leaders and health experts have called for stronger regional co-operation and African-led solutions to tackle Lassa fever and…
THE Sokoto State government has confirmed 300 cases of meningitis recorded in some local government areas of the state. The…
ALI Pate, the coordinating minister of health and social welfare, says over 16,000 Nigerian doctors have left the country in…
NIGERIA is missing from the list of countries on track to secure the World Health Organisation (WHO) vaccine approval due…
THOUGH the two countries are 11,472 km apart, the United States’ foreign assistance policy has traditionally raked in significant aid…
THE Federal Government has defended foreign medical trips by political leaders, arguing that people are free to seek treatment in…
NIGERIANS spent about $2.38m on foreign healthcare-related services from January to June 2024, findings by this newspaper have shown. This…
GHANA has recorded its first confirmed case of Mpox in 2024, health authorities said on Thursday, as the virus continues…
VICE President Kashim Shettima has dismissed insinuations about President Bola Tinubu’s health, saying his principal is a man full of…