NPHCDA
23 Jul 2023
Abia State has been declared the winner of the 2022 Gold Badge Award by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) under its Primary Healthcare Under One Roof programme, (PHCUOR).
6 Jul 2023
Recent figures indicate that Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate remains a significant public health concern and is one of the highest in the world at 512 deaths per 100,000 live births.
6 Jul 2023
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said 189,310 children in the South-West geopolitical zone lacked access to routine immunisation from January to June 2023.
29 May 2023
Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, at the weekend, urged traditional rulers to promote immunisation and other healthcare services in their various communities to improve healthcare delivery at the grassroots.
25 May 2023
Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaration that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has warned that there remains a great risk of infection in Nigeria...
19 May 2023
Only 463 representing 1.8 percent out of 25,843 Primary Health Care Facilities in the country have the minimum number of required Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA) which is 4 per facility.
18 May 2023
The Federal Government has begun construction of three mega stores to fast track establishment of vaccine hubs in the country.
5 May 2023
The Executive Director of, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said that the demand for Primary Healthcare services in the country has remained sub-optimal due to poor quality of care, low level of trust in the health system arising from misinformation and disinformation as well as social, cultural and geographical barriers.
29 Apr 2023
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) have concluded arrangements to immunise at least 930,000 children in Nigeria yearly to cover the children who missed routine immunisation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
28 Apr 2023
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) have concluded arrangements to immunise at least 930,000 children in Nigeria yearly in to cover the children who missed routine immunisation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
5 Apr 2023
Only 60 per cent of eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.