The global cholera situation continues to deteriorate, driven by conflict and poverty, posing a significant public health challenge across multiple WHO regions. Between 1 January and 17 August 2025, a total of 409 222 cholera/Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) cases and 4738 deaths were reported globally, from 31 countries, with six of the 31 countries reporting case fatality rates above 1%, indicating serious gaps in case management and delayed access to care. Cholera is resurging in a number of c...| www.who.int
FACED with an increasing population of over 25 million people crowding within the smallest land mass in Nigeria, prioritising health and environmental matters should be a core mandate the Lagos State government should enforce. However, findings indicate overwhelming challenges of poor sanitary conditions, heightening cholera outbreaks and compromising public health safety of residents.| The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factch...
BETWEEN 2014 and 2015, the National Health Insurance Scheme (now the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA) severally pledged to provide coverage for 24 million pupils in public primary schools in Nigeria.| The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factch...
Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and strokes, according to a WHO and ILO study.| The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factch...
THE Nigerian government disbursed N35.74 billion to 37 of its 55 hospitals from the COVID-19 Intervention Fund at the peak of the pandemic.| The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factch...
AN associate director of advocacy with the Global Health Advocacy Incubator, Hema Khanchandani on Tuesday said Nigeria recorded about 3, 229 deaths attributed to Trans-Fat-related cardiovascular diseases in 2019.| The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factch...
