Nigeria needs to step up disease prevention and control and decentralise disease surveillance as the US pulls donor funding.

Ali Pate, Nigeria's health minister, claims citizens from the UK, US, and West Africa are increasingly seeking medical care in Nigeria for healthcare services.

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Adekunle Salako, has urged the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) to deploy technology to eliminate quackery from medical laboratory practice in ...

US president Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization is threatening funding for critical health programmes like HIV/Aids and tuberculosis in different parts of ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has launched a cost-sharing initiative to improve access to cancer care by subsidizing up ...

THE World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu as the Acting Regional Director for Africa.

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He added that radiotherapy, a vital treatment for various cancers, particularly in advanced stages, has often been out of ...

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Sakina Sani was married off when she was 12 years old amid conflict and food shortages in northern Nigeria. She became pregnant at 15 but miscarried ...

Without USAID funding, a business co-owned by a Kansan who promotes education of children with disabilities is now on the ...