The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has expressed displeasure over the troubling return of counterfeit and substandard medications in the country, cautioning that Nigeria may be heading back to the hazardous period of the late 1990s when counterfeit drugs were widespread. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Association ahead of its…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed a diarrhoea outbreak at the Government Girls Senior and Junior Secondary School, Kawo, affecting 81 students, with 15 hospitalised. The state epidemiologist, Jeremiah Diako, who led the Rapid Response Team, said the affected students were aged between 16 and 17. “All hospitalised students…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Resident doctors at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, have vowed to begin a one-week warning strike over what they describe as intolerable welfare conditions. “The congress resolved that the association shall embark on a one-week warning strike commencing 8 am on Monday, July 7, 2025, and will proceed on an…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed new salary structure for medical doctors, calling it “unjust, unprofessional and dangerous for Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system.” Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, the Lagos NMA Chairman, Dr. Babajide Saheed, said, “After extensive review…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Edo State Government has confirmed that 28 people have died from recent outbreaks of Lassa fever, diphtheria, and yellow fever across the state. Briefing journalists in Benin City, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole, said, “We have recorded 137 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 24 deaths, two confirmed…
… Says Suspension Denies Constituents Right to Representation A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Senate to recall the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In March, Natasha was suspended by the Senate for six months for alleged gross misconduct, days after a face-off with Senate President Godswill Akpabio over a change of…
Zambia declared an end to a cholera outbreak on Thursday, after five consecutive weeks without recording a new case. Health Minister Elijah Muchima applauded health care workers, rapid response teams and communities for their vigilance in efforts that exceed the international threshold of 28 consecutive days with no new confirmed case of the disease nationwide….
In this insightful special report, Korede Abdullah, Africa Health Report’s Southwest correspondent, takes you inside the storm engulfing Nigeria’s oldest psychiatric hospital—where a fierce struggle for leadership has turned quiet wards into tense battlegrounds, pitting doctors against unions, rules against power, and leaving vulnerable patients caught in the middle of a crisis that tests the…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano No fewer than 1,209 houses have been destroyed by flash floods in Damboa and Chibok local government areas of Borno State, following days of torrential rainfall. The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), which conducted a rapid assessment, confirmed the destruction on Thursday across Gumsuri, Garjang, and Wovi in Damboa; as…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Long-term exposure to fine particle pollution is silently damaging vital organs, including the lungs and digestive system, President of the Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria (SOGHIN), Professor Jesse Otegbayo has warned. Speaking at SOGHIN’s 17th Annual General and Scientific Conference on Thursday, Otegbayo, who also heads the University College…
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