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Bill Gates Calls For Urgent Reversal Of Global Health Funding Cuts

23 September 2025

Gates made the call while speaking at a newsmaker event in New York, saying the world was at crossrorads, with millions of children at risk of dying if funding drops too steeply. According to him, a kid born in northern Nigeria has a 15% chance of dying before the age of five. “You can either […]

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Nigeria Strengthens Border Screening Amid Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo

6 September 2025

Akpan Nse, Director of Port Health Services, said additional staff have been deployed to boost border surveillance across airports, seaports, and land borders. All travelers arriving from or transiting through the DRC undergo thorough screening, including health history checks and temperature scans. The Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province of the DRC has seen several suspected […]

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FG Reaffirms Support for Health Sector, Eyes Universal Coverage

1 September 2025

Minister of State for Health & Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, gave the assurance while speaking at the National Health Financing Policy Dialogue in Abuja Salako said that the forum was crucial for shaping the country’s future health financing landscape, adding that the dialogue underscored Nigeria’s determination to prioritise citizens’ health through innovative and sustainable financing […]

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‘I’ve done four surgeries’ — Victony details health struggle

7 August 2024

Nigerian singer, Anthony  Victor, professionally known as Victony, has revealed that he has done four surgeries and has another one coming up.  The singer had in 2021 survived a ghastly car accident that left him in a coma for four days. Victony during an interview on the Adesope live segment, at the Afroland festival, said […]

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1.8bn adults risk heart attacks, diabetes for not exercising – Study

26 June 2024

The findings released  point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which has increased by about five per cent between 2010 and 2022. The researchers warn that if the trend continues, levels of inactivity are projected to further rise to 35 per cent by 2030, and the world is currently off track from […]

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21 States To Commence Phase II of HPV Vaccination Exercise May 27

17 May 2024

This was revealed in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of the Nigeria Governors Forum ,NGF, held  in Abuja.According to the communiqué signed by the Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum  and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the forum had received a briefing on the commencement of the exercise from its Senior Health […]

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