Public health news, policy updates, and community health initiatives across Nigeria.
As children return to classrooms during Nigeria’s rainy season, parents and schools have an opportunity to strengthen simple measures that can reduce preventable health risks, encourage responsible medicine use and support timely care.
NAFDAC has alerted healthcare professionals, medicine suppliers and the public to four batches of medicines recalled by Pakistan’s drug regulator over adulteration and quality defects, urging vigilance to prevent their entry and circulation in Nigeria.
The North-West Zonal Pharmacovigilance Centre and ABUTH’s ERT Division have sensitised Pharmacy Technicians on adverse drug reactions, medicine safety, and the importance of detecting and reporting suspected adverse events.
The Malaria Consortium Board of Trustees has visited University College Hospital, Ibadan, to discuss stronger collaboration on malaria surveillance, case management, research, seasonal malaria chemoprevention and health-system strengthening.
The 2025 ACC/AHA hypertension guideline replaces the 2017 guideline, retaining its blood-pressure categories while introducing important changes to cardiovascular-risk assessment, treatment, home monitoring and multidisciplinary care.
Sometimes she’s not being lazy or uninterested in taking care of her baby. She might need help –a medical one at that.
To mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, senior secondary students of Model Learning Schools, Samaru, Zaria, participated in a three-hour Drug-Free Workshop that provided practical insights into substance abuse, inspired student-led advocacy, and laid the foundation for a Drug-Free Club in the school.
When Medicines Are Not Taken: The Hidden Pathway to Treatment Failure and Preventable Deaths
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