Byline: Patience Ihejirika

As Nigeria joins the global community to commemorate this year‘s World Blood Donor Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...

The director-general of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that about two million Nigerians ...

As it rolled more measures against the spread of coronavirus, the federal government has ordered the closure of all its ...

With the coronavirus pandemic taking hyper toll on the global economy, health and social activities, terrified political, economic and religious ...

As brain drain raises concern in the health sector, the federal government has expressed its willingness to open up conversation ...

The closure of Nigeria’s borders has continued to attract reviews, PATIENCE IHEJIRIKA writes. The recent closure of Seme and Idiroko ...

Despite the efforts of donor agencies towards child malnutrition response in the north east, a huge funding gap still exists. ...

As health financing remains a major concern in Nigeria,  stakeholders in the health sector have stressed the need for government ...

With a prevalence of 11.0 per cent and 2.2 per cent for Hepatitis B and C respectively, PATIENCE IHEJIRIKA and ...

PATIENCE IHEJIRIKA examines the worrisome issue of low number of doctors in Nigeria According to the Medical and Dental Council ...

An approximately 14.3 million Nigerians are drug users, according to a survey conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs ...

The permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Health (FOMH), Mr. Abdulaziz Mashi, has said that the federal government invests over $180 ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said despite growing conversion over the use of ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has launched Turn Nigeria Orange Project to strengthen the culture of hand wash, ...

The federal government of Nigeria and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called on more states in Nigeria to ...