Nigeria does not lack maternal and child health policies, programmes or commitments. What it lacks is enough skilled, supported and fairly deployed health workers to turn those commitments into care. The country still contends with critical workforce deficits in midwives, nurses and obstetricians. This informed discussions at the 2026 World Health Summit session in Berlin, […]
The recently concluded World Health Summit in Berlin, themed “From Crisis to Resilience: Innovating for Health”, reinforced a key message: health spending is an investment, not just an expense. Yet Nigeria’s 2026 Appropriation Bill proposed ₦2.48 trillion for health out of ₦58.47 trillion, about 4.2% of the budget. That is less than a third of […]
New strategic framework and survey findings to guide evidence-based interventions and accelerate progress towards malaria elimination in Nigeria. The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare will today launch the 2026–2030 Nigeria Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) and the 2025 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS) Report, two critical documents […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria confirm one case of Ebola disease in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following laboratory confirmation today, 20 October 2026. The patient, a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda, was admitted to a private hospital in the FCT, where she received care for several days […]
