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Lagos Treats 978,000 Malaria Cases in One Year, Officials Warn Children receiving malaria prevention treatment in Plateau communities

Children receiving malaria prevention treatment in Plateau communities

Lagos Treats 978,000 Malaria Cases in One Year, Officials Warn

Korede Abdullah May 2, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos recorded over 978,000 malaria cases in 2025, health officials have revealed, raising fresh...

Lagos Trains Frontline Officers to Boost Outbreak Detection Response Capacity

Lagos Trains Frontline Officers to Boost Outbreak Detection Response Capacity

Korede Abdullah April 25, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos ramps up its outbreak preparedness, training frontline surveillance officers to detect and contain...

Lagos Pushes Domestic Funding to Sustain Immunisation Gains Health officials launching immunisation campaign in Igbo-Etiti LGA

Health officials launching immunisation campaign in Igbo-Etiti LGA

Lagos Pushes Domestic Funding to Sustain Immunisation Gains

Korede Abdullah April 14, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State has intensified calls for increased domestic funding to sustain recent gains in...

Lagos Cuts Malaria Misdiagnosis Dramatically with Data-Driven Reforms Health workers using rapid malaria diagnostic tools in Lagos

Health workers using rapid malaria diagnostic tools in Lagos

Lagos Cuts Malaria Misdiagnosis Dramatically with Data-Driven Reforms

Korede Abdullah April 8, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State reduces malaria misdiagnosis in public health facilities from 60 per cent to...

Doctors Suspended as Hospital Defends Care in Toddler Death Probe Euracare hospital reacts to doctors’ suspension in child death probe

Euracare hospital reacts to doctors’ suspension in child death probe

Doctors Suspended as Hospital Defends Care in Toddler Death Probe

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius March 4, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital says it stands by the professional conduct of three doctors placed...

Lagos Begins Onboarding Health Workers to Strengthen Primary Care Lagos State warns residents against unregistered hospitals, launches HEFAMAA barcode verification system

Lagos State warns residents against unregistered hospitals, launches HEFAMAA barcode verification system

Lagos Begins Onboarding Health Workers to Strengthen Primary Care

Korede Abdullah February 15, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State launches a major onboarding drive for newly recruited health workers as part...

Lagos Tightens Health Facility Oversight, Warns Against Quack Centres Lagos State warns residents against unregistered hospitals, launches HEFAMAA barcode verification system

Lagos State warns residents against unregistered hospitals, launches HEFAMAA barcode verification system

Lagos Tightens Health Facility Oversight, Warns Against Quack Centres

Korede Abdullah February 13, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government intensifies oversight of health facilities and urges residents to verify...

Prostate Cancer Surgeries Surge as Lagos Hospital Treats 212 Men Surgeons performing prostate cancer surgery at a Lagos specialist hospital

Surgeons performing prostate cancer surgery at a Lagos specialist hospital

Prostate Cancer Surgeries Surge as Lagos Hospital Treats 212 Men

Mirian Gom January 25, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – A Lagos-based specialist hospital records a sharp rise in prostate-related surgeries as prostate cancer...

6m Lagos Residents Live with Undiagnosed Hypertension – Officials Warn Lagos health officials announce new measures against biological threats.

Lagos health officials announce new measures against biological threats.

6m Lagos Residents Live with Undiagnosed Hypertension – Officials Warn

Korede Abdullah January 14, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria — An estimated six million Lagos residents are living with hypertension, with the majority unaware...

Euracare Launches Probe as Adichie Alleges Negligence in Son’s Death Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie issues statement on son’s death

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie issues statement on son’s death

Euracare Launches Probe as Adichie Alleges Negligence in Son’s Death

Mirian Gom January 11, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria — Euracare Hospital launches an internal investigation following the death of Nkanu Nnamdi, the son...