The United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria bears the highest global burden of unvaccinated children, with over two million children yet to receive a single dose of any routine vaccine. UNICEF Health Officer, Bashir Elegbede, made this known on Tuesday at a one-day media dialogue to commemorate the 2025 World Immunisation Day in Damaturu, Yobe State. Elegbede said that …

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Pate, said the Federal Government would expand the number of functional primary healthcare centres from approximately 1,800 in 2023 to 17,000 by 2027. ‘We are expanding the number of functional primary healthcare centres from approximately 1,800 in 2023 to 17,000 by 2027. ‘Not merely a numerical goal, it is a …

Following grossly inadequate number of medical doctors in Kwara State’s medical facilities occasioned by brain drain, the state government has cried out over its inability to recruit new doctors. During the 2025 first quarter inter-ministerial press briefing in Ilorin, the state capital, the Executive Secretary of the state Hospital Management Board, Dr. Abdulraheem Abdulmalik regretted that the board could not …

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, announced on Sunday that the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain aims to increase local manufacturing of pharmaceutical products in Nigeria to at least 70% by 2030. In a video shared on X, Pate explained that the initiative also aims to significantly increase the number of full-time …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has refuted recent comments made by the founder of The Covenant Nation, Pastor Poju Oyemafe, regarding the cost of medical education in Nigeria. In a now-viral sermon, Pastor Oyemade claimed that Nigerian doctors spend just ₦500,000 throughout their education, contrasting this with the significantly higher costs incurred by their US counterparts. Citing conversations …

The Nasarawa State Government has pledged its support for the Federal Government’s proposed immunisation programme aimed at eliminating measles and rubella, which is set to launch in October this year. The state governor, Abdullahi Sule, made the pledge in Lafia on Tuesday at a one-day stakeholders’ engagement for the introduction of the measles and rubella vaccine into the routine immunisation …

The Federal Government, through the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Empower School of Health, Geneva (Empower Swiss), to establish a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Training Academy in Nigeria. The strategic partnership is designed to address workforce gaps in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical sector and support the national objective of producing 70 per cent …

In advancement of integrative healthcare service and promotion of natural healing using natural solutions in Nigeria, Khasmal Holistic Naturopathic Health Center has officially opened its Lagos clinic on Wednesday April 16 to fill the need of those who desire the optimal wellness. The new ultra-modern health facility —situated at Bamisile Street off Allen Avenue, Ikeja— was commissioned by the Registrar, …

The University Health Service (UHS) of the University of Ibadan (UI) has raised an alarm over the growing trend of the institution’s female students donating eggs for In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). In a memo, entitled, ‘Health Advisory on Egg Donation’, by the Director of UHS, Dr Aderonke Ajav, the varsity warned that while egg donation remains the hope to many families …

The United States government has reaffirmed its long-standing position that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China. This statement, attributed to the administration of President Donald Trump, was published on the official White House website on Friday. Central to the renewed claims is the assertion that scientific and circumstantial evidence increasingly supports a lab-based origin of the virus, …