Nigeria News

Maiduguri, 24 May 2015 - The abduction of the Chibok school girls of Borno State in April 2014 brought the erstwhile quiet community into international limelight while at the same time creating a major health deficit in the lives of the people. The attack left the community ransacked, with all of the 18 health facilities in the Local Government Area (LGA) devastated and incapable of providing the most basic healthcare services. Health workers abandoned their posts for fear of attacks, lack of access into and out of the community and the absence of any dependable security network.

Kaduna, 29 May 2016 - Traditional leaders in northern Nigeria have once more taken up the task to optimize resources at their disposal to fast-track the delivery of primary health care (PHC) services under-one-roof model as well as reinforce community trust and create demand for immunization through the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on PHC (NTLC). The position of the Royal Fathers was articulated in the speech of Alhaji Kyari Ibn Umar El-Kanemi, Chairman of NTLC and Emir of Bama, during the first quarter review meeting held in Kaduna on 24 May, 2016.

Abuja, 28 May 2016 - The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Tuberculosis, Dr Eric Goosby has completed a working visit to Nigeria, and delivered a keynote address to stimulate private sector partnership during a 2-day National Tuberculosis Conference organised by the Nigeria Stop TB partnership with the theme, ‘Hidden Face of Tuberculosis’ from 16-19 May, 2016.  The wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Oshibajo and the Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole graced the occasion.

Kaduna, 31 May 2016 - Kaduna State is working with partners, notably the World Health Organization (WHO), to put in place a plan that ensures investments in polio eradication do not dissipate into oblivion but rather contribute towards achievement of other public health interventions such as strengthening routine immunization (RI) and laying the groundwork for pursuing the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Minna, 02 June 2016 - As part of efforts to revitalize primary healthcare (PHC) and make health services accessible, affordable and equitable for all, the Niger State Government has launched an 8-point health reform agenda tagged ‘Niger Health 1.0’. The health reform will among other things ensure progressive realization of one fully functional PHC under-one-roof (PHCUOR), in every political ward over the next three (3) years.

Abuja, 14 June 2016 - The Honourable Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says that access to safe blood transfusion requires innovative strategies to ensure safe and sufficient blood supply, to achieve 100% voluntary blood donation and to ensure 100% quality-assured testing of donated blood. There is also a need to optimize blood usage for patient health, develop quality systems in the transfusion chain, strengthen the workforce, keep pace with new developments and build effective partnerships for safe blood.

Abuja, 22 June 2016 - Finalization of the National Health Policy revised for the attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UCH) and other health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has ended in Abuja.

Abuja, 23 June 2016 - Experts that periodically review Nigeria’s immunization programme have recommended a strategic programmatic shift that will entail strengthening of the routine immunization (RI) programme, closing of surveillance gaps and reduction in the intensity of supplemental immunization campaigns to be implemented in Nigeria forthwith, as the country moves towards polio certification.

Abuja, 28 June, 2016 - Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has prompted the National AIDS and STIs Control Program (NASCP) of Nigeria to quickly adapt the World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 ‘treat all’ guidelines. The Minister gave the directive during a 3-day meeting in Abuja which ended on 25 June, 2016. The kernel of the adaptation aims to quickly align the country’s protocols to WHO revised standards towards the 2020 global targets.

Abuja, 11 July, 2016 - Today in Abuja, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti says Nigeria’s vision of providing primary health care (PHC) and ensuring equity in accessing health services by all Nigerians aligns perfectly with the goals of the World Health Organization (WHO).