TV Reports

Pregnant women at Oriade community in Lagos say they will continue to patronise traditional birth attendants because the only primary health centre there is not well equipped. In this report, I examine how challenges of their peculiar environment threaten their lives and the lives of their unborn children.

More than 36 million Nigerians are suffering from kidney disease, according to the Nigerian Association of Nephrology. This report takes a look at how it can be reduced.  

Nigeria ranks sixteenth among nations with high maternal deaths. To reduce the incidence, advocacy groups say exploring the possibility to incorporate the communities will scale up progress

The rainy season in Nigeria is usually between the months of March through July with a break in August before it picks up again in September. However, the pattern of the weather in the Southern part of the country in recent weeks has been unusually cool and breezy. In this report Emmanuel Oladipo, a professor of climatology , department of Geography, ...

There has been no new case of polio virus in Nigeria since the last one was reported in July 2014. But even as the country is making progress towards eradicating the disease, those crippled by the virus will have to deal with the challenges for life.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling on countries to close the gaps in prevention and treatment to defeat malaria. But when people are allowed to live in filthy, polluted environments as seen in this video, one will begin to question the possibility of Nigeria ever eradicating malaria.

Dr Leke Pitan is the keynote speaker at the 3rd annual public health management lecture by the Chartered Institute of Environmental and Public Health Management of Nigeria. The Special Advisor for Africa International Hospital Federation spoke on ‘Investing in Reduced Maternal and Child Mortality for sustainable Development: What are the issues, challenges and Options. He stressed that an important but ...