The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has urged Nigerians to hold the Federal, State, and Local Governments accountable for improving the quality of healthcare and basic services. Pate made this statement on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing three-day Nigeria Health Sector-Wide Joint Annual Review, themed “It’s for All of Us: Accelerating Our Health Sector Reforms …

The federal government says it will integrate adolescent-specific services into primary healthcare in the country. The government explained that this would be done through initiatives like the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, AGILE Project, which ensures that adolescent girls have access to menstrual hygiene, reproductive health education, and mental health support services. The Coordinating Minister of Health and …

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate has urged African nations to intensify efforts to increase immunisation coverage for chronic hepatitis. The minister stated that hepatitis has continued to pose a huge public health threat, unleashing devastating consequences among patients grappling with chronic infections worldwide. This was contained in a speech he delivered at the opening …

The Senate has summoned the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike; the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; and the Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate compelling their appearance before the committees on Health and Police Affairs. The summons pertains to the tragic passing of Greatness Olorunfemi, a victim of the notorious ‘one-chance’ operators in Abuja. Furthermore, Wike, …