Tag: medicine
Health Review: Ebola case, child malnutrition, medicine security, other developments that...
October brought major developments across Nigeria’s health sector, with the confirmation of an Ebola case in Abuja prompting renewed disease surveillance, contact tracing and...
Stakeholders warn Nigeria’s reliance on imported drug ingredients threatens medicine security
Nigeria’s dependence on imported ingredients to produce medicines could threaten the country’s medicine security, particularly during global supply disruptions. This was a major concern...
Kano govt bans IV fluid, blood transfusion at patent medicine stores
The Kano State government has banned the administration of intravenous (IV) fluids and blood transfusions at patent medicine stores across the state. The Acting...
NNMDA says funding challenges, infrastructure gaps slowing herbal medicine research, integration...
The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) has identified inadequate funding, weak research infrastructure and equipment shortages as major obstacles to developing and integrating...
