Nigeria taking the lead on strengthening surgical healthcare in Africa
Smile Train’s Vice President and Regional Director for Africa, Nkeiruka Obi has said Nigeria is leading the African continent in the provision of surgical and...
Category : Health
UHC Forum inaugurates 3 committees for quality healthcare delivery
…hosts high-level forum to examine health sector progress By Hassan Zaggi & Stella Odueme The Nigeria Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum has inaugurated three committees...
Health insurance: NHIA targets over 20m enrollees in 2025-DG
… focusses on vulnerable groups, quality care, right tariffs By Hassan Zaggi The Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA),Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, has...
Stakeholders advocate more government support to end TB
…seek end to stigmatization By Hassan Zaggi & Stella Odueme Stakeholders are seeking government’s support to combat and sustain success being recorded in the fight...
Doctors partner Nigeria ‘s Blood Service Agency to Boost Blood Donation
In a bid to address the decline in blood donation in Nigeria, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has collaborated with the National Blood Service Agency...
FG committed to halt giving birth to HIV positive children-Minister
… NACA urges stakeholders to commit to Nigeria’s HIV response …Human rights violations, abuse undermine progress-UN By Hassan Zaggi The Federal Government has reiterated its...
Workout against violence: One Billion Rising, Nigeria kicks off 16 days of activism with Fitness Training, Martial Art, Health Education
Cyriacus Nnaji In a bid to draw global attention to the wanton annihilation of lives which is induced by gender and sexual molestation, a Non-Governmental...
Assist National Hospital, former Minister appeals to FG, Philanthropists, Corporate bodies
…We’ve touched many lives positively-CMD By Hassan Zaggi As the National Hospital, Abuja, celebrates its Silver Jubilee, the former Minister of Water Resources, Pharmacists Hamza...
IRISE harps on safe abortion, convenes stakeholders’ meeting for sustainable support system
Cyriacus Nnaji AS efforts are being made globally to ensure a safer reproductive health system, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Initiative to Resist Institutional Slavery and Exploitation...
Nigeria’s Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission, paediatric HIV coverage low- NACA
… IHVN calls for collaborative action, sustained investment, innovative approaches By Hassan Zaggi The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has decried what...