Anthonia Obokoh

Health sector data on the availability, distribution and trends in human resource for the sector has been lacking. This has prevented effective planning. ANTHONIA OBOKOH writes on the urgent…

Spending on health is growing faster than the rest of the global economy, accounting for 10percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). A new report on global health expenditure from the…

In a bid to ensure uninterrupted power supply and boost service operation, an Independent Power Plant with over 5.8MW capacity has been commissioned in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital…

The Nigerian health sector has plunged back into recession after managing to exit with a 0.42 per cent growth in the second quarter of 2018. While a relative growth might have been felt…

Nigeria has been identified as one of the severely health stressed countries in Africa at the 32nd Summit of the African Union (AU), as the country spends less on health than they should…

As part of its monthly YouDAL training, a non-governmental organization (NGO), the Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF) has held a one day training workshop on building, strengthening and…

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday, 9 February inaugurated the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) advanced Cancer treatment centre…

Experts in the healthcare sector in Nigeria have called on the government and the private sector to create more cancer awareness to change the deplorable health challenge posed by the…

The United Nations has called for more support from member nations on need to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM), saying unless action is accelerated now another 68 million girls…

Tope Oshin’s film ‘Up North’ is the gift that keeps on giving. Still dominating cinemas across Nigeria since its release, the movie will now be screened at Facebook’s Headquarters in…