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Nigeria: About 26% Of All Adults Deaths Annually Linked To NCD's
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Nigeria: About 26% Of All Adults Deaths Linked To NCD’s Annually

An estimated twenty-six percent of all adult deaths annually in Nigeria are caused by Non-Communicable Diseases, (NCD), with large proportion being premature deaths among young and middle-aged individuals. The Vice President, Nigerian Cancer Society, Dr. Chi-kadibia Ukoma made this known in Abuja, National Orientation Workshop For Patients, Patient Support Organizations, and Media Practitioners On NCD Budget Advocacy. In a paper presentation titled ''Clinical Overview of NCDs: Trends, Lifestyle Exposures, Management […]

todayFebruary 14, 2026

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FG Urged To Subsidize Cancer Treatment Amid Rising Cases

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to subsidize the cost of cancer treatment in Nigeria, citing the increasing burden on patients and the escalating public health crisis. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by member representing Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency in Oyo State, Aderemi Oseni, at plenary. Leading the debate, the lawmaker who emphasized that cancer treatment can cost patients millions of naira […]

todayMay 7, 2025

Summit To Award 6 Individuals, Organizations In Cervical Cancer Elimination
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Cervical Cancer Elimination: Summit To Award 6 Individuals, Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative (CCEI) on 17 November 2020. This initiative is a roadmap to cervical cancer elimination. In a statement made available to newsmen that initiative proposes that the world will achieve a cervical cancer elimination threshold of fewer than 4 cases per 100,000 women by the turn of the century if every country achieves and sustains 3 targets of; 90% vaccination […]

todayDecember 4, 2024

Nigeria: WHO To Unveil Country Cooperation Strategy 2023-2027
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Nigeria Records About 120,000 New Cancer Cases Every Year- NICRAT

NICRAT Advises Nigerians On Cancer Prevention The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), has stressed the need for all Nigerians to adopt healthy lifestyles to prevent all forms of cancers. The Director General of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, stated this at the 7th Annual Conference of the Association of Nigeria Health Journalists (ANHEJ) at Akwanga, Nasarawa State. The DG who was represented by the immediate past president […]

todayDecember 10, 2023

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Cancer Patient’s Dying Wish Erases $16m In Medical Debt

A New York City woman who died of ovarian cancer has raised enough money to pay off millions of dollars in other people's medical debts. In a social media post she arranged to be posted after her death, Casey McIntyre, 38, asked followers to consider donating to her cause. She said she planned to pay off other people's medical debt as a way of celebrating her life. She wrote on […]

todayNovember 18, 2023

HPV Vaccination: Health Stakeholders Seek Ways To Address Gaps And False Information
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HPV Vaccination: Health Stakeholders Seek Ways To Address Gaps And False Information

Stakeholders in the health sector have stressed the need to address gaps in information, rumours, and false information springing up against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. The stakeholders spoke during an interactive discourse on Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccination: Matters Arising, which was organised by the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN) with support from Marie Stopes International of Nigeria, MSION. Speaking on the topic “Vaccine Apathy: […]

todayNovember 14, 2023

NRHJN To Hold Discourse On Cervical Cancer, HPV Vaccination
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NRHJN To Hold Discourse On Cervical Cancer, HPV Vaccination

With rise in the number of social media crusaders and campaigns against the ongoing Federal Government HPV mass vaccination programme, the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN) with support from Marie Stopes International of Nigeria (MSION) is organising a virtual interactive discourse with the theme: "Cervical Cancer and HPV vaccination: Matters Arising". In a statement signed by the NRHJN National Secretary, Hajia Sekinah Lawal that the primary purpose […]

todayNovember 9, 2023

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FG, Foundation Signs MOU To Address Cancer In Nigeria

To mitigate Nigeria's rising cancer burden, the Federal Government through the Ministry of Health and FCT Administration, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Medicaid Cancer Foundation, and City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) to address the challenge. The landmark MOU which was signed in Abuja, makes Nigeria’s capital part of the growing network of cities committed to improving cancer care. Abuja is the 14th […]

todayAugust 3, 2023