Health

Nigerian Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has lamented that health systems remain weak in many developing countries like Nigeria, in part because they continue to lose their trained health professionals to developed countries that did not...

Every month, Sadiya Maikasuwa, 40, is reminded that the cost of living crisis means more to her than high food prices. She now spends twice what she used to on sanitary pads, a monthly expense that she must...

As part of its efforts to boost economic growth in the Niger Delta, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, also known as PIND Foundation, has said it has provided electricity to some primary health care (PHC)...

Cancer, one of the deadliest diseases the world has ever known, is a large group of diseases that can begin in almost any organ or tissue in the body. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is the second...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, says the federal government has set aside N260 billion to revitalize primary care centers (PHCs) across the country. Pate disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the sectoral ministerial meetings...

An anti-malaria project for which the Nigerian government secured a $100 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has stalled due to procurement fraud, Health and Welfare Minister Ali Pate has revealed. . Pate disclosed this on Wednesday during...

Nigeria has recorded 12 new confirmed cases and one death from Lassa fever in three states of the federation in one week, from April 29 to May 5. The Nigerian Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) revealed this in...

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Welfare to order public health institutions to provide free medical treatment to pregnant women during and after childbirth. The call was a sequel to the adoption of a...

Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare Mohammad Pate has criticized the Ministry of Defence's announcement of a newly approved Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) for civil servants. According to the minister, the debate on the introduction of HMOs is still...

The management of Reddington Hospital, one of the leading private healthcare facilities in Nigeria, has appointed new professionals to join its medical team in different specialties. This is according to a statement issued by the facility on Thursday. According to the...