WHO’s new Regional Director for Africa, Mohammed Janabi, has formally assumed office. A professor of cardiology, the Tanzanian born Janabi took up the role on Monday, 30 June, bringing with him over three decades of leadership in clinical medicine, health policy, public health, and health systems development across Africa and beyond. Announcing his assumption of…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Suriname malaria-free, making it the first country in the Amazon region to achieve this milestone after nearly seven decades of sustained public health interventions. In a statement on Tuesday, WHO described the certification as a powerful example for other malaria-endemic nations striving for elimination. Suriname, located in northern…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Days after Africa Health Report (AHR) revealed the Emir of Zazzau’s lament over the Plateau State Government’s silence, a high-powered delegation from the state on Monday visited the Zazzau Emirate in Kaduna over the recent killings of wedding-bound travellers in Mangu Local Government Area. AHR had on Saturday published a special…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The United States and Nigeria have intensified efforts to close Nigeria’s widening protein deficit through stronger agricultural trade, focusing on US soybean exports. At the “Nigeria: NOW” conference hosted by the US Soybean Export Council in Lagos, stakeholders including poultry producers, nutritionists, and agribusiness leaders gathered to find practical solutions. Acting…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Federal Government, in partnership with state governments, has announced the disbursement of ₦32 billion over six months to expand access to quality healthcare across the country. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, revealed this at the close of the 11th Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC) meeting…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano To combat the surge in diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension, the Kano State Government has launched a two-day training workshop for Local Government Information Officers. The programme, which commenced Monday at Babale Suite, Kano, is themed “Promoting Healthy Dietary Practices and Reducing the Incidence of Diet-Related Non-Communicable…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), urging its members to embrace discipline, focus and a reform-driven approach in repositioning Nigeria’s maritime sector. The information was contained in a press statement signed by Special Adviser, Media…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos With unlicensed cosmetic clinics springing up across Nigeria and unsafe skin procedures leaving countless victims with life-threatening complications, health experts have called for urgent reforms to protect Nigerians from unsafe procedures. This call was made at the annual conference of the Nigerian Association of Dermatologists (NAD) in Lagos, themed “Bridging the…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced plans to stage a mass protest in Abuja on Wednesday, 2 July, over the prolonged closure of public primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The protest, which will see students donning black in symbolic mourning for what they described as the “death of basic…
Unless urgent interventions by the administration of the Federal Capital Territory FCTA, to salvage an already bad situation, Nigeria will in no distant time make do with mediocrity for her future leaders, with yawning education gaps, and as children in the FCT face indefinite closure of their schools due to strike embarked by their teachers….
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