Prof. Isaac Adewole

Blames situation on neglect of Primary health care The minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has appeared before the  Senate to explain the deteriorating conditions of hospital facilities across the country.…

Kenya negotiates with drug manufacturers to slash treatment cost Ghana launches National Guideline for management Nigeria to establish more treatment centres Amid report by the World Health…

• says centre is a model for Africa The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, today, September 10, commended the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for being a model for other national public health institutes…

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole at the close of the Public Private Mix (PPM) Summit for TB Control in Nigeria in Lagos yesterday, September 4, declared Nigeria's heavy burden of tuberculosis (TB) a national shame. In a…

• Also launches two major FP documents L-R: Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, Director, Family Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Prof. Oladapo Ladipo, President/CEO Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) and (2nd from right) Mr Bola…

Requires 1.8 million units annually  To honour 55-time-donor Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Blood Donor Day on June 14 amidst revelation by the Minister of Health, Prof.  Isaac Adewole that 60% of the…

In the wake of the BBC undercover report, the Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation…

ABUJA - Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, led other government functionaries to commission Nigeria’s first cancer treatment centre in Abuja on Friday December 1. The centre, equipped with State-of-the Art equipment for the…

ABUJA - Nigeria's  health sector may get its biggest allocation ever  if the Senate makes good its vow to fully implement the National Health Act 2014 in the 2018 national budget   Chairman Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and…

Sanofi holds diabetes summit The Federal Government said today it has, in partnership with the World Diabetes Federation (WDF), established about 390 diabetes clinics in different parts of the country to address the growing problem…