Northern Nigeria is facing a severe shortage of medical doctors, with some states reporting a single doctor attending to over ...

The Women in Healthcare Network (WIHCN) has reaffirmed its mission to connect, empower, and celebrate women across Nigeria’s ...

The African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP) says Nigeria's health system is performing at only 45 per cent, below the African regional average of 56 per cent. This is ...

Mr Pate said Nigeria’s poor health outcomes are not due to lack of technical expertise but to weak prioritisation and absence ...

Health experts urged African governments, especially Nigeria, to take charge of their health systems as global aid declined, ...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has said the Federal Government is repositioning Nigeria’s public health system to effectively detect and respond ...

On 22 October 2025, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare approved and released 32.9 billion Naira under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), the third disbursement this ...

Nigeria is said to have about 30,000 Primary Healthcare Centres, but only between 10 and 20 percent are fully functional.

The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, praised the partnership as evidence of a new cooperation model, ...

By  MICHAEL OWHOKO The quality of a country’s healthcare system is a mirror image of its leaders’ commitment to citizens’ ...

According to him, upcoming initiatives will also focus on digital health and public health systems, while promoting a shift ...

Last week, Nigerians were confronted with a heartbreaking video of a heavily pregnant woman in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, walking the streets unaware that she was already in active labour), desperately ...