Regrettably, many healthcare workers are inadequately compensated or not compensated at all within the majority of our member states

The variant, which was previously classified under its parent strain, BA.2.86, prompted concern among some scientists earlier this year due...

Integrating cancer into Primary Health Care services would represent a significant advancement for the nation, particularly considering the high burden...

In this report, PREMIUM TIMES analyses a year in healthcare – acknowledging the difficulties faced, highlighting successes achieved, and pointing...

While many African nations have made commitments to achieving UHC and have implemented various health policies and programmes, challenges persist.

The federal government established the BHCPF in 2014, under Section 11 of the National Health Act; to provide funding to...

Although the allocation to FP in 2024 is better than the last four years, the low budgetary allocation raises concerns...

In October, WHO recommended its use for the prevention of malaria in children.

The Conference of the Parties, dubbed COP, is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change...

Despite this encouraging initiative by the new administration, the funds earmarked for 2023 are yet to be released.

The commitment, which was made by heads of African countries in 2001 and is now known as the ‘Abuja Declaration’,...

The briefing was organised to address the allegation of illegal kidney trade involving Alliance Hospital, an Abuja-based medical facility.

The association also expressed great worry over various attacks and kidnapping of health workers from their workplaces.

Cervical cancer, a type of cancer that develops in a woman’s cervix, is the fourth most common cancer among women...

Medical doctors and other health workers have downed tools many times in the past over the failure of the government...

The conviction figures show that getting justice for sexual assault within the criminal justice system in Edo State and Nigeria...

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus.

No deaths have been recorded from the outbreak.

Under the theme "Breaking Barriers: Repositioning Africa in the Global Health Architecture," the conference which lasted for four days played...

The inclusion is coming a few days after PREMIUM TIMES reported on how the fatal, preventable disease affects Nigerian children.

The initiative aims to guide the renewal of Nigeria's health system as part of the government's broader health agenda.

Data shows that in 2020, an estimated 78,000 people died as a result of cancer-related complications in Nigeria.

Nigeria is a major contributor to the global burden of maternal and newborn deaths.

When left untreated, Noma kills between 70 and 90 per cent of those affected, while survivors are left with varying...

The global health body also said AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity