Tinubu directs mandatory health insurance implementation across MDAs
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to issue a service-wide circular to all Ministries, Extra-Ministerial Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) on the implementation of mandatory health insurance in line with the National Health Insurance Act, 2022.
FG, stakeholders chart ways for sustainable health financing in Nigeria
The federal ministry of health in collaboration with other stakeholders have brainstormed on pathways for effective domestic resource mobilization and sustainable health financing in Nigeria.
African countries risk running out of ‘wonder’ food soon due to aid cuts – Save the Children
At least four countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, are expected to run out of ready-to-use emergency food over the next three months due to aid cuts if gaps are not plugged, putting severely malnourished children at risk of dying, Save the Children has said .
FG, stakeholders seek strengthened local food fortification against malnutrition in Nigeria
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and civil society organizations have harped on the need to strengthen local food fortification towards tackling the burden of malnutrition in the country.