The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday it was cutting its 2026 budget by 17 percent amid declining donor contributions and would slash thousands of jobs. The ICRC said “a challenging financial environment in the humanitarian sector” Read more…
The Adamawa state government has begun mobilising border communities ahead of next year’s planned Nigeria–Cameroon boundary demarcation. Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta assured that the exercise will be carried out peacefully and transparently. Farauta gave the assurance on Tuesday when Read more…
A three-year campaign to bring vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) to low-income countries has prevented 1.4 million cervical cancer deaths, the vaccine alliance Gavi said Monday. “An estimated 86 million girls are now protected against the leading cause of Read more…
Sokoto State has confirmed an outbreak of Dengue Fever, reporting eight laboratory-verified cases across Sokoto metropolis, including Sokoto North and South Local Government Areas. The Ministry of Health warned of increasing reports of fever and severe malaria-like symptoms and urged Read more…
Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday. The Marburg virus is one of the deadliest known pathogens. Read more…
The Federal Government has launched major national Health strategies to strengthen planning, resource allocation, service delivery performance measurement, and across the country. The launch was announced in a communiqué issued on Friday, and signed by the Federal Ministry of Read more…
The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, on Friday announced an indefinite strike action with effect from midnight. It said the strike would continue until the implementation of the adjusted consolidated Health salary structure is implemented. Speaking at a press Read more…
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has raised fresh concern over Nigeria’s alarming contribution to global maternal deaths, stating that the country accounts for about fourteen per cent of all such cases worldwide. Read more…
The Minister of State for Health, Iziaq Salako, says Nigeria is not yet capable of producing vaccines locally. Salako spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, addressing the nation’s vaccine production capacity. When asked if Read more…
Advocacy group, the Africa Health Budget Network, AHBN, has urged the federal government to show commitment to improving Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health, RMNCAEH, services in Nigeria by ensuring the full release and effective utilisation of approved Health Read more…