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‘It costs about N16m to treat breast cancer in Nigeria’
PROJECT Pink Blue— A Nigeria cancer-fighting non-governmental organisation has called on the federal government to…
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Treatment cost of spinal cord injury is beyond reach for many Nigerians –…
MANY Nigerians with spinal cord-related injuries could not afford the cost of medical expenses due to their low…
Buhari fires NHIS executive secretary, renews tenure of NCDC’s DG
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced the sack of the Executive Secretary, ES, of the National Health…
Hypertension still killing many Nigerians despite govt policy to reduce the number
WHEN Tanko Gwapna, a 46-year-old civil servant, felt continuous dizziness that affected his work, he had to listen to…
Medical experts, policymakers interact on improving quality healthcare in Nigeria
NIGERIAN health workers and policymakers have raised a concern for a quality healthcare provision and the attainment of…
Good health is still a privilege, not a right in Nigeria. Here is why
DIRECTOR General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his speech during an event in Geneva…
NHIS debacle: How citizens are condemned to death in Nigerian hospitals
FOUR-YEAR-OLD, Sophia (not real name) had been complaining of cold for about two days but her father gave her…
REPORT: Living with diabetes in Nigeria — full of difficulties, complications
A NEW day has just started. Aliu wakes up, puts on the light and sits up to check his feet thoroughly. This is a daily…
‘My suspension was nothing but preemptive strike and a coup,’ embattled…
USMAN Yusuf, the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says his suspension was…
Drama as suspended NHIS boss drags health, justice ministers to court
THE last may not have been heard about the internal crisis rocking the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as the…