The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has taken Nigeria's community pharmacy reform to the global stage with the presentation of its Community Pharmacists Professional Progression and Assessment Institute (CPACPI) framework at the 84th FIP World Congress of...
A global stockpile of mpox vaccines has been launched in a move aimed at preventing a repeat of shortages and inequalities that left poorer countries struggling to protect their populations during previous outbreaks.
The initiative, launched on August 27, is...
A diphtheria OUTBREAK has claimed the lives of 23 people and 143 others suspected to have come into contact with the disease in Jos North local government area of ​​Plateau State.
The event has caused serious concerns among state health...
Nigeria has recorded 1,035 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 252 deaths in 23 states and 117 local government areas (LGAs) in the first 33 epidemiological weeks of 2026, with the mortality rate increasing to 24.4 percent.
The latest Lassa...
A large-scale analysis involving more than 100 million people has found strong links between recreational drug use and an increased risk of stroke, even among younger adults.
The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Cambridge, found that cocaine...
The Katsina State Government has intensified its efforts to contain a fresh outbreak of diphtheria, vaccinating 67,670 eligible people in the first three days of a reactive immunization campaign.
The government has also secured an additional 650,000 doses of diphtheria...
He Jigawa State The Ministry of Health has raised the alarm over an outbreak of acute viral conjunctivitis, popularly known as Apollo, in some communities across the state.
The ministry therefore ordered schools and health authorities to step up preventive...
The Akure Business and Professionals Roundtable (ABPR) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, through the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, for the resolution of the labor crisis that affected the Federal University Hospital...
Professor Ibrahim said effective coordination would provide a more focused operational structure for the delivery of health interventions while promoting accountability, data-driven decision-making and collaboration among stakeholders.
He made these remarks when the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA),...
Nigeria has recorded more than 10,000 confirmed cases of diphtheria in 2026, although the proportion of confirmed cases resulting in death has significantly decreased compared to the same period last year, the Director-General of the Nigerian Center for Disease...
