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Foundations Reach 200 Heart Surgeries Medical team performing open-heart surgery in Nigeria.

Medical team performing open-heart surgery in Nigeria.

Foundations Reach 200 Heart Surgeries

Mirian Gom June 22, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – No fewer than 200 Nigerians have received life-saving cardiac interventions through a partnership between...

Ogun HIV Treatment Reaches 30,000 Residents Ogun State officials and CHAI representatives at the Health Systems Task Force inauguration in Abeokuta

Ogun State officials and CHAI representatives at the Health Systems Task Force inauguration in Abeokuta

Ogun HIV Treatment Reaches 30,000 Residents

Korede Abdullah June 18, 2026

OGUN, Nigeria – Governor Dapo Abiodun says more than 30,000 residents living with HIV in Ogun State...

Ogun Prepares for Expanded Healthcare Fund Ogun State officials and CHAI representatives at the Health Systems Task Force inauguration in Abeokuta

Ogun State officials and CHAI representatives at the Health Systems Task Force inauguration in Abeokuta

Ogun Prepares for Expanded Healthcare Fund

Korede Abdullah June 17, 2026

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – Ogun State has intensified preparations for the rollout of BHCPF 2.0, an expanded healthcare...

Nigeria Bets on Power to Save Lives Officials launch Nigeria’s healthcare electrification initiative.

Officials launch Nigeria’s healthcare electrification initiative.

Nigeria Bets on Power to Save Lives

Mirian Gom June 15, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria is targeting uninterrupted electricity in at least 30 per cent of its health...

Kano Orthopaedic Hospital Receives State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Equipment NNPC Foundation officials unveiling a 1.5 Tesla MRI machine at National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala in Kano.

NNPC Foundation officials unveiling a 1.5 Tesla MRI machine at National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala in Kano.

Kano Orthopaedic Hospital Receives State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Equipment

Mirian Gom June 5, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – The NNPC Foundation has donated a cutting-edge 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system...

New Malaria Agency Moves Closer as Senate Approves Bill Senators during a session calling for stronger national campaigns against indiscipline in Nigeria.

Senators during a session calling for stronger national campaigns against indiscipline in Nigeria.

New Malaria Agency Moves Closer as Senate Approves Bill

Mirian Gom June 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Senate has passed a landmark bill seeking to establish the National Agency for...

Group Targets Stronger Data Systems After Reaching Millions with TB, Leprosy Services Healthcare workers participating in LTR Nigeria's tuberculosis and leprosy intervention programme.

Healthcare workers participating in LTR Nigeria's tuberculosis and leprosy intervention programme.

Group Targets Stronger Data Systems After Reaching Millions with TB, Leprosy Services

Mirian Gom June 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Initiative (LTR Nigeria) has unveiled plans to deepen investments in...

Scalpel Of Death: The Surgery That Promised Healing — And the Questions That Followed a Young Woman’s Final Days 1001467269

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Scalpel Of Death: The Surgery That Promised Healing — And the Questions That Followed a Young Woman’s Final Days

Oluwafunbi Bello June 2, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – When Blessing Okolie walked into a Lagos hospital for surgery to remove fibroids, her...

Kano Health Journalists Unite for Stronger Advocacy

Kano Health Journalists Unite for Stronger Advocacy

Kano Health Journalists Unite for Stronger Advocacy

Oluwatobi Adu May 31, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – Health journalists in Kano State have launched a unified network aimed at strengthening public...

Lassa Fever Deaths Rise to 204 Despite Case Decline Healthcare workers attending to Lassa fever patients in Nigeria

Healthcare workers attending to Lassa fever patients in Nigeria

Lassa Fever Deaths Rise to 204 Despite Case Decline

Mirian Gom May 31, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has recorded a decline in new Lassa fever infections, but the disease has...