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NMA urges govt to address rising medicine prices
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Forex devaluation, power supply responsible for rising cost of drugs - Health minister
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Healthcare costs pushing Nigerians deeper into poverty - NMA
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TheCable marks 10th anniversary with webinar on rising medicine costs
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Nigeria has highest burden of children born with HIV/AIDS - NACA DG
NACA partners UI College of Medicine to combat HIV/AIDS
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS is set to partner with the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State on research and grants to scale up the prevention and elimination of HIV/AID...
1st May 2024
NMA urges govt to address rising medicine prices
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Uche Ojinmah, on Tuesday said the rising costs of healthcare are pushing Nigerians deeper into poverty. Dr Ojinmah said this at a webinar organi...
1st May 2024
Forex devaluation, power supply responsible for rising cost of drugs - Health minister
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate on Tuesday said the devaluation of the foreign exchange is affecting manufacturers’ ability to buy raw materials and equipm...
30th April 2024
Healthcare costs pushing Nigerians deeper into poverty - NMA
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Uche Ojinmah, on Tuesday, said the rising costs of healthcare was pushing Nigerians deeper into poverty. Dr Ojinmah said this at a webinar organis...
30th April 2024
TheCable marks 10th anniversary with webinar on rising medicine costs
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate; the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Uche Ojinmah; and the Director General of the National Agency for Foo...
30th April 2024
Nigeria has highest burden of children born with HIV/AIDS - NACA DG
The Director General of the National Agency for the Control, Dr Temitope Ilori has said Nigeria has the highest burden of children born with HIV/AIDS in the world. Dr Ilori who said this on Monday d...
29th April 2024
Nestle's baby formulas with sugar not sold in Nigeria, says NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Sunday said infant formulas by a food and beverage company giant, Nestle, alleged to contain sugar and honey are not registered a...
28th April 2024
FG mulls salary adjustment for JOHESU members
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has promised to initiate a process to adjust the Consolidated Health Salary Structure for the Joint Health Sector Unions of ...
28th April 2024
Brain drain: MDCAN seeks retirement age increase for members
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has said that 1,594 consultants who are 55 years and above will retire by 2029. This is according to the data from 70 per cent of the hospi...
27th April 2024
Ultimate HMO commences diaspora health insurance scheme
The Ultimate Health HMO has launched the Diaspora Health Insurance programme for Nigerians in the United States of America and the United Kingdom to enrol parents and dependents in Nigeria and residen...
26th April 2024
FG meets JOHESU over salary adjustment, unpaid arrears
The Federal Government has met with health workers, under the umbrella of the Joint Health Workers Unions to discuss pertinent concerns regarding pay grade adjustments, the state of the health work...
25th April 2024
WMD: Nigerians lament soaring prices of antimalarial drugs
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day today, patients have lamented the rising costs of antimalarial medications amidst fears of financial instability and reduced lif...
25th April 2024
Environment financing: FG to issue third green bond soon - Minister
The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, on Wednesday announced that the government will issue the third green bond to facilitate environmental financing in the next few months. Lawal annou...
24th April 2024
Environment ministry moves to tackle funding challenge
The Federal Ministry of Environment has said one of the foremost challenges confronting the environmental sector is adequate funding. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mahmud Kambari, said thi...
23rd April 2024
FG safe motherhood initiative targets seven million women
The Federal Government on, Monday, launched guidelines on safe motherhood, targeting at least seven million pregnant women, and at least six million newborns annually. The Labour Care Guide and the Gu...
23rd April 2024
NAFDAC arrests fake cosmetics producer in Lagos
The Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered the illegal activities of a fake cosmetics producer at the Balogun Trade...
22nd April 2024
Lassa fever: NCDC records 832 cases, 152 deaths in four months
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it recorded 5,669 suspected Lassa fever cases and 152 deaths with a Case Fatality Rate of 18.3 per cent. This is according to the Lassa fever...
22nd April 2024
FG plans annual safe maternity scheme for seven million pregnant women
The Federal Government on Monday launched guidelines on safe motherhood, targeting at least seven million pregnant women, and at least six million newborn births annually. Speaking at the launch of th...
22nd April 2024
FCTA to upgrade three hospitals
The Mandate Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe has revealed plans by the the FCT Administration to upgrade some hospitals in the ter...
21st April 2024
Strengthen partnership with private sector on healthcare, expert urges FG
An orthopaedic surgeon and Medical Director of Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor, has urged the Federal Government to deepen its partnership with the private sector to improve healthcare delive...
20th April 2024
Nigeria, Cameroon sign agreement on ecosystems conservation
Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of Cameroon have signed a cooperation framework on trans-boundary ecosystems conservation and sustainable management of forestry and wildlife resources. The ...
20th April 2024
Nigeria, Cameroon sign agreement on ecosystem conservation
Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of Cameroon have signed a cooperation framework on transboundary ecosystems conservation and sustainable management of forestry and wildlife resources. The M...
19th April 2024
Strange disease: NCDC meets Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna health commissioners
THE Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, has met with the Sokoto Kaduna and Zamfara states Commissioners for Health over the spread of an identfied...
19th April 2024
WHO prequalifies new cholera vaccine
A new oral vaccine for cholera, Euvichol-S, has been prequalified by the World Health Organisation. This was according to a press statement released by the WHO on Thursday, on its website. The organis...
18th April 2024
HIV: Foundation trains women on preventing mother-to-child transmission
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has trained women living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Federal Capital Territory on the prevention of transmission of the virus to infants. Speaking durin...
18th April 2024
NCDC holds emergency meeting as unknown disease spreads to Sokoto, Zamfara
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Jide Idris, held an emergency meeting with the Commissioners for Health from Sokoto, Kaduna and Zamfara states to unravel t...
18th April 2024
FG partners military to protect forests, wildlife
The Federal Ministry of Environment has partnered with the military in the protection and preservation of forests and wildlife in the country. The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, said the par...
18th April 2024
FG plans to review COP28 outcomes
The Federal Government on Tuesday emphasised the need to review and achieve the outcomes of the 28th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. ...
16th April 2024
Commissioners to drive economic policy for women at grassroot level
Commissioners of Women Affairs from six geopolitical zones have pledged to drive women’s economic empowerment policy at local levels for national development. The commissioners made the pledge o...
16th April 2024
Medical doctors push for 70 years retirement age
HEALTHCARE workers in the country have urged the Federal Government to extend the retirement age, to bridge the manpower shortage in the health sector. The health workers want the retirement age for c...
16th April 2024
622,000 persons displaced by insecurity in N’West – IOM chief
In this interview with LARA ADEJORO, the Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration in Nigeria, Mr Laurent de Boeck talks about how insecurity is affecting the North-Western regi...
14th April 2024