Residents of the Wassa Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in the Federal Capital Territory have appealed to the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) to reopen the Primary Health Care (PHC) centre in the camp. The facility, which serves as the community’s only formal healthcare point, has remained closed sinceContinue Reading
By Aderogba George DCL Laboratory Products Limited on Friday commended Nigeria’s medical regulatory bodies for improving health sector standards, reducing substandard products, and enforcing regulations. Dr Okechukwu Anyanwu, General Manager and Chairman of the laboratory firm, made the commendation during the organisation’s 20th anniversary celebration in Abuja. He praised theContinue Reading
By Abbas Bamalli Alhaji Dahiru Mangal, a philanthropist, has committed more than N87.5million to sponsor free surgeries for vulnerable patients suffering from hernia and hydrocele in Katsina State. A member of the Mangal Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Mr Hussaini Kabir, revealed this during a screening exercise for patients at theContinue Reading
By Lilian U. Okoro Stakeholders at AbilityX 2025 – Nigeria’s Premier Conference have called for inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the workforce, saying that Nigerian PWDs were loyal and offered value to employers. The conference, which was on the Future of Disability Inclusion Project Enable Africa,Continue Reading
Lilian U. Okoro The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, has called for improvement in the medical referral system for better outcomes of emergency health conditions. Wasiu, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) onContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari The Chairman, Board of Management, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Dr Ikechukwu Odikpo, has reiterated the need for constant health checks to avoid sudden death. Odikpo said this while commissioning the Clinical Arm of the Cardiovascular Research Centre and the Pharmacy Mini Production Unit at UATHContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Federal Government says 41 million Nigerians previously at risk of blindness from trachoma have reduced to four million following successful interruption of mass drug administration in 116 endemic local government areas (LGAs). This was disclosed during the Trachoma Quarterly Review Meeting convened to evaluate Nigeria’s progressContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili The Federal Government has charged 464 newly inducted foreign-trained Medical Laboratory Science graduates to uphold professionalism, integrity, and precision while resisting malpractice and quackery in the country’s healthcare system. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, gave the charge on Thursday in AbujaContinue Reading
By Lilian U. Okoro A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Veronica Nyamali, has called for adoption of task shifting /task sharing strategy to close the treatment gap in the delivery of mental health services across the country. Nyamali, also the Vice-President of Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN), made the call inContinue Reading
By Peter Uwumarogie United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says 106,248 children have received its Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS) in Gombe State between 2023 and 2025. Ms Philomena Irene, Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF Field Office, Bauchi, said this during a virtual meeting with journalists, on Wednesday in Gombe. The meeting followedContinue Reading
