No fewer than 7,883 pregnant women across 12 local government areas in Lagos State have received antenatal and emergency care from the maternal health programme of the Maternal and Reproductive Health Collective (MRHC) under the initiative, known as MamaBase. The programme aimed to improve maternal health outcomes in underserved communities by linking women to health facilities and providing access to essential services at no cost was implemented between October 2023 and September 2024. The acting...

The Director-General of Kano Independent Research Center Trust (KIRCT), Professor Hamisu Salihu, has said Kano state is responsible for 30 percent of tuberculosis cases in Nigeria. He says this makes Kano state the highest cases per capita globally. The DG disclosed this during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on clinical research between the center and the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) in Kano on Wednesday. He said the center now...

The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to make diphtheria immunisation, testing, and treatment programme compulsory to check the spread of the disease across the country. The resolution was reached following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Hon. Bitrus Laori, lawmaker who represents Demsa/Numan/Lamurde Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, during Wednesday’s plenary session. According to him, Diphtheria, caused by the Corynebacterium bacteria, poses a growing threat to Nigeria’s...