Nigeria is intensifying efforts to reduce salt consumption and promote healthier diets. The initiative aims to curb the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, stroke, and heart disease. Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja for World Food Day 2025, Dr. Salma Anas, Special Adviser to the President on Health, stressed the …
Public health experts have urged all levels of government to focus more on environmental cleanliness and hygiene. They warned that relying too much on vaccines cannot guarantee lasting good health. The call came during the 10th National Conference on Environment and Health, organised by the Living Sciences Foundation at the University of Ilesa, Osun State. …
Beneath the shadow of Nigeria’s more publicized health battles like HIV and malaria lies a silent but equally deadly epidemic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV). It kills slowly, spreads quietly, and often goes unnoticed until the damage is irreversible. Yet, it is one of the most preventable viral infections in the world. While the country’s public health …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded a fresh alarm over the rapid rise in global antibiotic resistance, warning that one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections is now caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens. In a new global analysis covering 22 commonly used antibiotics, the WHO revealed that resistance increased in more than 40 percent of cases …
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 11 new Lassa fever cases and two deaths in four states within one week. In its Week 37 report, the agency said the new cases occurred in Ondo, Bauchi, Kogi, and Anambra States. This marks a slight drop from the 13 cases recorded the …
At least seven million children were set to receive vaccines against measles and rubella in Kano State as the state government intensifies efforts to eliminate the two deadly diseases by 2030. Commissioner for Health in Kano State, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, announced this on Monday during the take-off ceremony of the routine immunisation campaign in …
As Nigeria launches a fresh national drive against vaccine-preventable diseases, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has renewed its call for coordinated action to reach more than two million unvaccinated children across the country. The National Integrated Measles-Rubella and Polio Immunisation Campaign, flagged off on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by Nigeria’s First Lady, …
Nigeria has secured a major breakthrough in the fight against HIV with the announcement of a landmark price reduction for the revolutionary drug, lenacapavir. The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) revealed the deal at the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, held on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly …
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling a fresh Ebola outbreak after health officials confirmed 11 new cases in the Bulape Health Zone of Kasai Province. The outbreak remains concentrated in six health areas: Bambalaie, Bulape, Bulape Communautaire, Dikolo, Ingongo, and Mpianga. As of September 21, 2025, the total number of reported cases has …
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will establish a world-class trauma centre to treat road crash victims and support their families. Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed announced the plan in Abuja during a briefing ahead of the International Road Crash Victims Africa Conference (IRCVAC), set for November. He said the project will run through a …
