Health

‘Nigeria needs urban health wake-up call, as Africa, Asia cities grow faster than health systems can contain’

NIGERIA’S urban health system is heading for tougher times, as new projections show that urban populations across Africa and...
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Medical negligence in Nigeria: what’s known, and what needs to be done

Friday Okonofua, University of Benin MEDICAL negligence in Nigeria came to the fore when author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused a...
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Despite fat budgets, empty shelves mar healthcare services in Kano PHCs

By Muhammad SANI AMID record funding for Nigeria’s Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), many primary healthcare centres in Kano...
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Scissors of death: how Kano hospital’s surgical blunder cut Aishatu’s life short

By Stephen ENOCH “PLEASE do not fight among yourselves. Make sure that you and your siblings live in peace and...
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Lagos father demands justice after twin infants die hours after immunisation

A LAGOS-based father, identified as Promise Samuel on TikTok, has demanded justice after the deaths of his nine-month-old identical...
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Kano orders probe after alleged medical negligence killed mother of five

THE Kano State Hospitals Management Board has ordered a full investigation into the death of a housewife, Aishatu Umar,...
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