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A senior medical doctor with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria has died of Lassa fever in Benue State, forcing health authorities to restart a fresh round of disease surveillance just as the state prepared to declare itself free of the viral haemorrhagic illness. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul…
Global health experts have issued a stark warning that the world is now more exposed to a catastrophic pandemic than at any point in recent history, nearly a decade after Ebola and six years after COVID-19 devastated economies and overwhelmed health systems worldwide. The alarm is contained in a new report by the Global…
A renewed COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Cross River State, marking the first officially reported infection since 2022 and prompting a reactivation of public health response measures. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk, disclosed the development during a news conference in Calabar on Tuesday, stating that the index case involves a…
The Federal Government has approved the release of N32 billion to health facilities across Nigeria under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen primary healthcare delivery nationwide. The approval was announced by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, following a Ministerial Oversight Committee…
Nigeria has recorded 469 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 109 deaths in the first nine weeks of 2026, with the case fatality ratio climbing to 23.2 per cent, a significant increase from the 18.7 per cent recorded during the same period in 2025, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The…
