The World Health Organisation chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has admitted they could be forced to lay off staff and scale down operations due to US funding cuts. Ghebreyesus made this known while addressing member states, according to a transcript of his opening remarks on Tuesday. “The sudden drop in income has left us with a
The National Primary Health Care Department Agency, NPHCDA, says a total of 17 circulating variant poliovirus type 2(cVPV2), cases have been recorded across 15 local government areas in eight states, this year. Dr Muyi Aina, the Executive Director of the agency, made the disclosure in Abuja during the agency’s first quarter media briefing. While Nigeria
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of measles in Rukubi community, Doma Local Government Area, just months ahead of the scheduled introduction of a combined measles and rubella vaccine across the state. The development, which has sparked concern among health officials and residents, was announced on Tuesday during a critical stakeholders’
Recent statistics show that over 11 million Nigerians who are Diabetic are yet to be fully diagnosed, throwing a harrowing challenge to eliminating the diseases. Professor Zuba Ilyasu, disclosed this while delivering a Keynote address at the 14th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Clinical Endocrinologists of Nigeria, ACEN, in Kano.
Health workers in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, currently on strike, have agreed to allow their members to participate in the polio immunisation exercise scheduled for May. The FCT chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, and the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, announced
Northern Nigeria is bearing the brunt of the 2025 Lassa fever outbreak, with Taraba and Bauchi States recording the highest number of fatalities, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). In its latest situation report covering January 1 to May 4, 2025, the NCDC revealed that Taraba tops the list with
Dr Iziaq Salako, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, has confirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring that all Nigerians have access to necessary eye care services. He made this statement in Abuja on Thursday during the Eyeball Summit, which was hosted by the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria
A medical expert and Director of Family Health at the Jigawa State Ministry of Health, Dr. Abubakar Said Kanya, has cautioned that delayed access to emergency obstetric care is a major cause of recurring obstetric fistula among women. Kanya made this known during an interview with journalists to commemorate the International Day to End Obstetric
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has ordered its members to commence a nationwide strike action from midnight of June 1, 2025. The union communicated the strike action via a circular from its national headquarters in Abuja. The circular signed by Acting General Secretary, M.J. Akwashiki directed all federal chapters of the union to
Another year around the sun is always a milestone to celebrate. And when an outstanding personality, a unique leader, completes this existential course, there is even more reason to revel and give thanks to the Almighty Father. Incidentally, a personality who cares little for mundane revelry achieved this milestone today. He is unassuming. Rt. Hon.
