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LAGOS – In bustling markets across Nigeria, women haggle over prices of tomatoes and peppers, their minds never far from the rising cost of healthcare. For many, a sudden illness can mean financial ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Nigerian diaspora doctors, health institutions partner to advance healthcare
The Nigerian Doctors Forum, South Africa (NDF-SA), has partnered health institutions and stakeholders to advance diaspora health impact Initiative aimed at improving healthcare outcomes in Nigeria.
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Nigeria must fund its health system, experts warns as donor support declines — Expert
By Sola Ogundipe Health advocates have called on Nigeria to strengthen domestic financing for healthcare, warning that continued dependence on foreign donors could leave millions of Nigerians without ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Lagos emerges national health exemplar
Lagos State has been identified as one of Nigeria’s best-performing health systems following a national assessment of health sector performance across the country. The recognition has prompted the ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Lagos sustains trajectory of excellence in health sector
In quality healthcare delivery, Lagos State is in a class of its own – a leader far ahead of all other subnational governments. From world-class medical infrastructure and ancillaries that make things ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Babies miss immunisation as floods block access to Lagos health centres
Flooding in Lagos' Ibeju-Lekki prevents mothers from accessing health centres, causing babies to miss crucial immunisation and exposing them to deadly dise ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: No health insurance, no govt services — Lagos tell Lagosians
From L-R: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Dayo Lajide; Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Kemi Ogunyemi; Commissioner for Health ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Health advocates seek reinstatement of suspended Lagos pregnancy guidelines
At the programme, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, a professor, stated that the state still records about 400 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, describing the figure as ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Nigeria: Lagos Health Chiefs, Mrhcollective Map New Strategy for Safer Motherhood
Lagos State health officials and maternal health advocates have called for stronger collaboration, community engagement, tighter regulation of traditional birth attendants and data-driven reforms to ...
News Nigeria » Lagos » Health: Flooding, waste crisis raise cholera outbreak fears in Lagos
With floodwaters spreading across communities and waste piling up, epidemiologists say Lagos is at growing risk of a cholera outbreak and increased malaria transmission. They explained that widespread ...