Nigeria, July 18 -- Many people only discover they have high blood pressure or high blood sugar only after falling ill. But another major health risk often goes unnoticed because it rarely causes warn... Read More
Nigeria, July 17 -- The federal government has launched development programmes valued at more than $1.07 billion to strengthen primary healthcare, improve governance and education, and accelerate pove... Read More
Nigeria, July 16 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said up to 45 per cent of dementia cases could be prevented by addressing modifiable risk factors, as it unveiled updated global guidelines ... Read More
Nigeria, July 15 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have warned that funding shortfalls could reverse recent gains in routine immunisation across lo... Read More
Nigeria, July 13 -- The federal government has launched the National Guidelines for Public Procurement of Food and Related Services. The framework introduces nutrition standards for food purchased wi... Read More
Nigeria, July 11 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said the country's Lassa fever outbreak has become deadlier this year, with 221 deaths recorded and the case fatali... Read More
Nigeria, July 11 -- Eight-year-old Marvellous gripped a worn pencil tightly as she wrote on a single sheet of paper, kneeling on the bare concrete floor of an unfinished compound in Karshi, a satellit... Read More
Nigeria, July 10 -- The federal government has announced plans to strengthen Nigeria's emergency healthcare system by expanding the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) and... Read More
Nigeria, July 10 -- The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has condemned the assault on a resident doctor at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Kwara State, and demanded t... Read More
Nigeria, July 4 -- For many Nigerians, suya is more than just a roadside delicacy. From city streets to neighbourhood joints, the spicy grilled meat remains one of the country's most popular ready-to-... Read More