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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced a four-day Basic Life Support (BLS) training for health workers from seven FCT hospitals to improve emergency care. Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, the Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES) of the FCTA, said

A Senior Programme Officer at Gates Foundation, Dr Saad Abdulmumin, says Nigeria accounts for 30 per cent of Africa’s zero-dose children, describing the figure as a national emergency requiring urgent action. Abdulmumin said this on Friday in Abuja, at the Her Health,

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged journalists to protect children’s identities and prioritise solutions in reporting issues affecting them. UNICEF Child Rights experts made the call on Wednesday in Port Harcourt during a two-day training on ethical reporting of children.

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI), the Initiative for Community Development and Advancement of Social Orientation (ICODASO) and Cedars Refuge Foundation have urged President Bola Tinubu to withhold assent to the National Tobacco Control Act (Amendment) Bill 2025. The organisations made the appeal

Health workers and civil society advocates have issued an urgent warning over the widespread collapse and absence of functional primary medical clinics across rural farming hubs and major open-air trade markets, cautioning that critical gaps in immediate care are leading to preventable

By Muhammad Nasir Bashir The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Jigawa Command, has successfully dismantled three high-risk drug black spots in Kazaure Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The agency’s Spokesperson, ACN Abdullahi Wada, made this known in a statement

Women now make up nearly 70 per cent of health workers worldwide but remain concentrated in lower-paid professions with fewer leadership opportunities, according to a new Global Burden of Disease study. The study estimated that 34.4 million additional doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists

By Philip Yatai The National Institute of Caregivers (NIC) is developing a National Care Agenda, 2027, to support the continued development of professional caregiving in Nigeria. The Director-Genera (D-G) of the institute, Mr Olusan Victor, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja

More than 3,000 residents across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) received vital medical treatment over the weekend through a joint humanitarian drive spearheaded by the Ti’Bilon Healthcare Foundation and the Anchor Men’s Fellowship of Family Worship Centre (FWC), Wuye. ​The large-scale intervention

The ongoing Ebola virus epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially become the deadliest outbreak in the nation’s history, public health officials confirmed on Sunday, August 16, 2026. ​Since the outbreak was officially declared on May 15, 2026,