Health

Prioritise healthcare over roads, Anambra communities told

Alfred Ajayi Communities in Anambra State have been urged to prioritise healthcare ahead of road projects to improve maternal and...

Diphtheria deaths rise in Plateau, Niger, Kano, Katsina amid nationwide outbreak

NIGERIA is facing a renewed diphtheria burden, with health authorities reporting fresh infections and deaths in Plateau, Niger, Kano...

Lassa fever claims 252 lives in Nigeria in eight months as cases rise to 1,035

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 14 new confirmed Lassa fever cases in week...

FOMWAN partners Ni-CARE to enrol 5,700 Niger residents in health insurance scheme

By Hamzat Ibrahim Abaga  THE Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria (FOMWAN), Niger State chapter, has commenced a 10-day...
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Nigeria faces $159m humanitarian funding gap as needs worsen

THE United Nations has warned that hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Nigerians could be left without life-saving assistance as...

Women make up nearly 70% of global health workforce – Report

WOMEN now make up nearly 70 per cent of health workers worldwide but remain concentrated in lower-paid professions with...

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