By Thelma Chioma Abeku & Aloysius Ugwu (Lead Writers) “Achieving equity in health care depends on equity in health education” — University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda. Since the global target of Health for All was declared in 1978, Primary Health Care (PHC) is universally recognized as the approach to achieving this goal. A primary health centre should […]
By Rabson Kondowe (Lead Writer) Clara still vividly remembers the day in 2019 she felt unwell while at school. “I was in Mathematics class, then all of a sudden my body was very hot, I was sweating and I had a headache. I felt weak,” says the 14-year-old. “I informed my teacher and he took […]
COVID-19: healthcare, pharmaceuticals get N84bn from CBN. COVID-19 variants: Lagos places 14 countries on the watch list. WHO to stop funding polio eradication in Nigeria, Africa by 2022. Abuja authorities announce the deadline for the current COVID-19 vaccination. Lagos announces a new vaccination strategy to prevent COVID-19 third wave. COVID-19: Nationwide curfew not re-introduced ― […]
Four-year-old Terwase is not in school yet, so he often goes with his mother to the market where she has a small trinkets shop. Terwase gets hungry during the day, and the hot and dry Abuja weather makes him cranky. When they make sales, his mother buys him ‘puff puff’ from Mama Ben down the […]
By Ibukun Oguntola & Gabriel Oke (Lead Writers) The health security of a nation comprises the activities that lessen adverse public health incidents and ensures a healthy and productive population. It is vital to developing strong and resilient health systems that can prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, wherever they occur. Nigeria has […]