Yobe state government has has concluded arrangements to widen the coverage of primary healthcare and outreach immunizations so that the killer diseases could totally be eliminated in the state. Governor Ibrahim Gaidam disclosed this on Tuesday in […]
The recent declaration of a state of emergency on public health in relation to maternal and child deaths occurring at the primary healthcare centres could not have come at a better time. Making the declaration […]
As part of the efforts to improve the standard of primary health care services in Kaduna state, Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has approved the recruitment of additional 3,059 health workers. This is coming ahead of the […]
The recent alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to the effect that there is currently in circulation, fake Dukoral Oral Cholera vaccine circulating in Bangladesh has reignited the […]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has declared a state of public health concern on maternal newborn and child death occurring at the primary health centres. Similar declaration is expected in states in […]
As part of effort to safeguard the general public from consuming harmful chemicals especially those used in preservation of beans, grains and other farm products, the National Agency For Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) […]
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kaduna state branch, has concluded plans to give patients of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps of the Kajuru recent crisis free improved medical treatment. Kaduna state chairman of NMA, Dr. Stephen Akau […]
Gombe state has recorded 32 new suspected Lassa fever cases with one death out of five that were confirmed positive from January to March, this year. The state epidemiologist, Dr. Nuhu Bille, stated this while speaking during […]
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has assured that the federal government would increase the tempo in the fight against malaria in Africa. He disclosed this when the Committee on Malaria Eradication […]
Federal government has approved the renaming of the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA) to Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. The official change of name was made known to journalists on Wednesday during the meeting […]
The executive director, Niger state Primary Health Care Development Agency, Usman Ndanusa, has confirmed that cerebrospinal meningitis has claimed eight lives in Borgu local government area of the state. Ndanusa, a pharmacist, disclosed this in […]
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has stated that “Nigeria can only eradicate malaria completely in the future, but not right now.” Onu stated this Tuesday in Abuja, when he received the […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public, especially healthcare providers on the existence of fake Dukoral Oral Cholera vaccine circulating in Bangladesh. According to a statement by […]
As the world marks Autism Awareness Day on Tuesday, member representing Afikpo North/ Afikpo South in the House of Representatives, Hon. Iduma Igariwey, has called for tolerance and understanding for people suffering from the health […]
Educational therapist and Founder of the Royal School of Educational Therapy Foundation based in Abuja, Dr. Badewa Adejugbe-Williams, has advocated for the acceptance and inclusion of children with Down Syndrome, learning disorders, and other disabilities […]
The National Emergency Routine Immunization Coordination Centre (NERICC), Abuja, has appealed to Kogi State Government to actively support routine immunisation activities in the state. A Routine Immunisation Officer at the Centre, Dr Daniel Ali, made the call […]
Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole, local and international medical experts have expressed concern over rising cases of Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria, especially among the country’s productive workforce. Speaking in Abuja recently while launching a […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that the current measles outbreak in Borno state has so far killed 13 children. A statement Wednesday in Maiduguri by Eva Hinds, a Communication Specialist with UNICEF said […]
Below is the full list of states and their HIV prevalence rate as released recently; States HIV prevalence (%) Abia 2.1 Adamawa 1.2 Akwa Ibom 5.5 Anambra 2.4 Bauchi 0.5 Bayelsa 1.9 Benue 5.3 Borno […]
Worried by a report which put Akwa Ibom state as having the highest prevalence rate of HIV in the country and the negative impact on investors and intending visitors, the state government has debunked such […]
The health sector in Kogi state is in dire strait, therefore, appeals are being made on the state government to address the situation in order to avoid the looming time bomb as SALIHU OYIBO reports. […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has revealed that about 6,000 newborn babies in Kaduna statea are at the risk of getting infected by HIV in 2019.UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Kaduna, Dr. Adam Zakari, made the […]
The Center For Peace Education and Community Development (CEPEACECODE), a non-governmental organisation based in Jalingo has petitioned the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) over it’s neglect of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Taraba and Adamawa […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday performed first function outside politics barely one week after both presidential, National Assembly, governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. Buhari was spotted when he launched Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator & […]
The Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) has revealed that Nigeria had fewer people living with Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) than previously estimated. According to a statement on Thursday by the Embassy of the United […]
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