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.
African member states, partners seek strengthened accountability for women, children health
African member states and partners have called for strengthened accountability for women, children and adolescent health.
IRCE to hold scientific symposium on combating viral threats
The International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE) at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) is set to host a symposium focused on combating viral threats through public health response and research.
PCN inducts 107 foreign trained pharmacy graduates
Registrar of the council, Pharm. Ibrahim Babashehu said the inductees had undergone the orientation programme as required by the PCN (Establishment) Act 2022, and have passed the examinations.
When the body speaks too late: A call for women’s kidney and NCD awareness
She sat in the waiting area, wringing her hands, her daughter in the dialysis room, barely breathing.