Ondo Loses Over 400 Doctors in Five Years – NMA
ONDO, Nigeria – Ondo State has lost more than 400 doctors from its medical workforce over five years, leaving about 500 doctors in public…
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Healthcare Funding
NMA Blasts FG Over Healthcare Funding, Doctor Exodus
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State chapter, has accused the Federal Government of failing to address critical challenges facing Nigeria’s…
Nigeria Faces Health Funding Threat as Donor Support Shrinks
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s leading public health stakeholders have called for urgent domestic financing reforms to sustain decades of progress against HIV, tuberculosis, malaria…
Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Africa Faces Funding Gap
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – African countries have renewed calls for greater investment in mental health services as nearly 150 million people across the continent…
The Malaria Trap: Nigeria’s Endless Public Health Crisis
LAGOS, Nigeria – As much of the world edges closer to defeating one of humanity’s deadliest diseases, Nigeria remains trapped in a devastating malaria…
Cancer Crisis Worsens as Senate Calls for National Emergency
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government faces renewed pressure to declare cancer a national emergency as rising treatment costs, insecurity and inadequate funding continue…
Power Bills or Public Services? Nigerians Speak on Electricity Subsidy Row
(By Hussaini Ibrahim, Korede Abdullah, Oluwafunbi Bello, Edino Cornelius, Oluwatobi Adu and Otamere Gladness) As Nigeria weighs the future of its electricity subsidy, voices…
Kano Exceeds Abuja Declaration in Record Health Budget Allocation
KANO, Nigeria – The Kano State Government has surpassed the Abuja Declaration benchmark by allocating more than 15 per cent of its annual budget…