President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa, as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Adetifa replaces Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has been appointed to head the World Health Organization (WHO)’s...
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to give corps members health insurance cover during service.
The MoU was signed by the Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof....
A massive outbreak of vaccine-derived polio has been reported in Nigeria.
The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Dr. Peter Hawkins, disclosed this in his remarks at the third Quarter Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health...
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the nation’s health sector due to a number of issues.
Dr. Victor Makanjuola, the MDCAN’s newly elected National President,...
The Ebonyi Government has set aside N100 million counterpart fund for health insurance scheme for civil servants.
Executive Secretary, Ebonyi State Health Insurance Agency (EBSHIA), Mrs. Mary-Rose Egwu, made this known during an advocacy/sensitisation meeting with the organised labour and...
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has received the National Health Insurance Research Agenda that will boost the sector.
Mr Emmanuel Ononokpono, Deputy General Manager (Press) of the scheme, in a statement in Abuja, said that the presidential reforms of...
Neurosurgeons have called for education of Nigerians on how to handle victims of road accidents to reduce cases of spinal cord injuries in Nigeria.
They spoke at the Holistic Round Table Group Discussion on Tuesday in Ibadan, to mark the...
The Lagos State Government had been able to vaccinate just about one per cent of its population, against a target of 60 per cent.
As such, the state government is considering other ways to source COVID-19 vaccines in order to...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that so far 2,897,201 eligible persons had taken the jab across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this on Tuesday,...
Victor Akindele
As countries of the world continue to count their losses to one of the deadliest global pandemic in recent time, a new report by Credit Suisse, shows that more people became millionaires in 2020 as a result of...
