Nigeria News

Abuja, 4 September, 2018 - Ground-breaking new research is assessing the factors that prevent young people from accessing health services in Nigeria. Funded by WHO through UK Aid from the UK Government, the research will aim to strengthen efforts to reach some of the most disadvantaged youth with healthcare, and inform an ambitious new Adolescent Health Policy and implementation plan in Nigeria. 

Abuja, 31 August, 2018  - Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has assured traditional medicine practitioners in Nigeria of the protection of their intellectual property rights for products that support government effort towards universal health coverage. 

Abuja, 30 August 2018 - The national Polio laboratories in Maiduguri and Ibadan have successfully passed World Health Organization (WHO) accreditation quality checks. The accreditation of the   laboratories is for the next twelve months, starting from September 2018. 

During the exercise, the Team lead of the Polio accreditation exercise, Dr Gumede-Moeletsi Nelisiwe described the accreditation procedure as a means of monitoring the accuracy and quality of testing in the laboratories. 

Yola, 30 August, 2018 - Adamawa state has launched the first ever malaria prevention campaign targeting vulnerable children in high-risk areas of Adamawa state. 

Katsina, 13 August 2018 - The Federal Government with the support of World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a reactive vaccination campaign in Danja local government area (LGA) of Katsina state in response to a recently identified outbreak of Yellow Fever.

 Abuja, 8 August, 2018 - Baba Idris Halilu Ibrahim is a retiree in in his late 70’s.  A native of Gwoza local government area, Borno State, Baba Idris fled his hometown and relocated to Goza IDP camp in Abuja when terrorists attacked his village in August 2014.   

“Since coming to Abuja, I thank God I have been able to access at least three meals a day and basic healthcare,” he says.
“I wonder what would have happened to me if I decided to remain in Gwoza like my fellow elderly friends,” he states tearfully. 

Abuja, August 1 2018 -  To commemorate the 2018 World Hepatitis Day, the Honorable Minster of Health, Federal Ministry of Health launched the Nigerian Viral Hepatitis Health Facility Directory.  The directory provides information on existing health facilities where Hepatitis Services are being provided.  

Abuja, 17 July, 2018 - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, have successfully contained the unprecedented Lassa fever outbreak that claimed the lives of 115 Nigerians (as at 07 July, 2018). 

The feat is the result of combined interventions, especially the strengthening of specialised laboratories and isolation centres within health facilities. These efforts culminated into improved diagnostic capacities and patient outcomes, including better response to treatment.