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The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has sanctioned 49 healthcare facilities and 47 Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) across the country in 2024 for violating its operational guidelines. In a statement released yesterday, the NHIA’s Acting Director of Media and Public Relations, Emmanuel Ononokpono, disclosed that the sanctions followed various complaints lodged by enrollees regarding service […]
The Federal Government says it is committed to reducing Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate by 20 percent before the year 2027. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, made this known in Enugu during the presentation of 10,000 professional kits to midwives by the First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu. Dr. Salako also […]
Global philanthropist Bill Gates, industrialist Aliko Dangote, Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya, and other dignitaries have called for increased investments and home-grown artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to improve healthcare in Africa. Speaking at the Gatekeepers event organised by the Gates Foundation in Lagos on Wednesday, the stakeholders highlighted the urgent need for collaborative funding, innovative technologies, […]
Authorities in Imo State have ordered the immediate closure of schools in Mbutu Community, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, following a deadly diphtheria outbreak that has claimed the lives of several children. Although the exact number of fatalities remains unconfirmed, local officials say urgent measures have been taken to curb the spread of the highly […]
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has approved the rehabilitation of 102 primary healthcare centres as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery and reduce maternal and infant mortality in the state. The announcement was made in Akure during the opening of a five-day workshop on maternal and newborn mortality reduction innovation and initiative. Representing […]
The Federal Government has approved a new policy known as Medipool, which may lower the costs of drugs and other medical consumables for Nigerians. This was part of the decisions reached at the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Monday. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, said Medipool is a […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has refuted recent claims by Pastor Poju Oyemade regarding the cost of training medical doctors in Nigeria, stating that such remarks can fuel animosity between healthcare workers and the public. In a now-viral sermon, Pastor Oyemade claimed that Nigerian doctors spend just ₦500,000 throughout their education, contrasting this […]
The Nigerian Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has received over 1 million doses of the prevalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the Gavi-funded global stockpile. The shipment, which arrived on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, aims to combat the meningococcal C and W outbreak in Northern Nigeria. This first batch of vaccines […]
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