Nigeria’s healthcare training system is in dire need of modernisation, as experts reveal that medical simulation centers are nearly nonexistent across the country. A recent report from the TETFund ad-hoc committee on medical simulation and innovation interventions underscores the urgent need for these centers to enhance healthcare education and reduce medical errors. Presenting the report…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has allocated $1.6 million to strengthen nine National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) across Africa, including Nigeria and eight other countries. The funding will be used for equipment, training, and capacity-building to enhance disease surveillance, outbreak response, and public health research in…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to prioritize the elimination of noma disease, a preventable and treatable condition that affects malnourished children and those with weakened immune systems. According to the Deputy Medical Coordinator of MSF Nigeria, Dr. Peter Ajanson, noma can be prevented with…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to providing quality healthcare, emphasizing that access to good healthcare is a fundamental human right, not a privilege. Speaking on Wednesday at the commissioning of a newly upgraded pharma-grade warehouse in Makera, Governor Sani highlighted his government’s efforts to enhance healthcare…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Lagos State Government has sealed public toilets in Katangua Market for discharging effluents into public drains and exposing people to communicable diseases. An investigation by the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSMWO) revealed that the operators of the public toilets were using pumping machines to pump untreated wastewater and sewage…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos A recent outbreak of Lassa fever in Ondo State has resulted in the loss of 12 lives out of 112 confirmed cases. According to, the Statistician General of the state, Olusola Ajayi, there have been 353 suspected cases reported. Ajayi described the situation as alarming and urged workers of the state…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Executive Director of the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima has sounded the alarm on the future of global HIV prevention efforts. Byanyima warned on Tuesday that if the United States withdraws its support for the world’s largest AIDS program, the number of new HIV infections could skyrocket by more…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have kicked off the distribution of critical childhood cancer medicines, aiming to provide life-saving treatments to 5,000 children across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2025. The first phase of the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines has begun with shipments to…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has announced plans to recruit more medical doctors and health workers for all general hospitals and basic health centers across the state. This move aims to address the shortage of medical personnel in government hospitals. Oyebanji made the statement on Tuesday that his…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The health ministry of Uganda has reported a surge in confirmed Ebola cases, from three to nine, in the outbreak declared late last month. The current outbreak is attributed to the Sudan strain of the virus, which lacks an approved vaccine. One of the nine confirmed cases has resulted in death,…
