Founder and CEO of the Mollluma Yakubu Centre for Medical Law, Gloria Ballason, has called for urgent legislative reforms to ensure justice for victims of medical negligence in Nigeria.
She and other lawyers made the call on Thursday in Abuja...
Two cases and 118 suspected cases of cholera have been confirmed in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria.
The state Primary Health Care Development Agency said the suspected cases were recorded in different local government areas of the state while the two...
As Nigeria continues to battle the wave of cholera sweeping many parts of the country, the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has called on state authorities to end open defecation in their respective jurisdictions.
Pate said...
In a brief ceremony, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation presented checks totaling almost $2 million to the World Food Program and the Nigerian Red Cross.
Funding was provided by the Economic Community of West African States...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has explained some of the reasons for the delay in Nigeria's efforts to manufacture vaccines locally.
Pate, speaking Wednesday morning while appearing on a Channels Television programme, said the country...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has advised Nigerians to alert relevant authorities to investigate alleged diversions of health funds in their domains.
Speaking on Channels TV on Wednesday, Pate accused Nigerians of changing their behavior...
A recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that around 2.6 million people die annually due to alcohol consumption.
The WHO, in a statement released Tuesday, said the deaths account for 4.7 percent of all deaths and that...
Zamfara State Health Commissioner Aisha Anka says no fewer than 950,000 women in the state are at high risk of maternal death.
Anka said this on Monday in Gusau, the state capital, during the opening ceremony of a five-day workshop...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an alert over a counterfeit batch of Giga-S injection identified in Aba, Abia State.
NAFDAC, in a post published on its X page on Monday, noted that...
Nigeria has recorded 53 deaths and 1,528 suspected cases of cholera in 107 local government areas (LGAs) in 31 states as of Monday.
The deaths represent a case fatality rate of 3.5 percent since the beginning of 2024, according to...
