Healthcare: Nigeria, Japan Sign $14.2m Grant To Strengthen Disease Diagnosis
Nigeria and Japan have signed agreement on a project
involving 14.2 million dollar grant to strengthen the diagnostic capacity of
the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control,...
World Health Day: FG Pledges Qualitative Healthcare For Nigerians
The Minister of Health Isaac Adewole says this year’s World
Health Day aligns with Federal Government’s resolve to provide qualitative
healthcare for every Nigerian.He stated this...
Polio: Kaduna State To Begin Immunisation April 13
The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency says it would commence second round of polio immunisation across the state on April 16.
The Agency’s Deputy...
Malaria Eradication: USAID Advocates Behavioural Change
The United States Agency for International Development through Breakthrough Action, one of its sponsored programmes, has advocated for social behavioural change in eradicating malaria.
The...
Healthcare: WHO Pledges Optimum Service Delivery For African Countries
The World Health Organisation, WHO has pledged to increase support to Africa to enable countries in the region re-align their healthcare services and make...
Public Health: FG Declares Emergency
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, has declared a state of public health concern on maternal newborn and child death occurring at the...
Mining Fields Suspension: Police Boss Warns Against Fake News
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has
advised members of the public to ignore fake social media reports
regarding the Federal Government’s decision to suspend...
Lead Poisoning: NGO Says Over 150 Children Victims Undergoing Treatment In...
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors without borders says no fewer than 150 children affected with lead poisoning in Zamfara State are still...
D.R Congo: Ebola Treatment Center Reopens After Attack
The Congolese’s health ministry said an Ebola
treatment center located at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern region
has resumed operations after it was...
D.R Congo: Ebola Treatment Center Reopens After Attack
The Congolese’s health ministry said an Ebola treatment
center located at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern region has
resumed operations after it was...
Cyclone Idai: Cholera Cases Jump To 138 In Mozambique’s Beira After...
The
number of confirmed cases of cholera in the cyclone-hit Mozambican port city of
Beira jumped from five to 138, as government and aid agencies battled...
Unwholesome Drugs: NAFDAC Destroys Products Worth Over N2bn
The
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has
destroyed unsafe and unwholesome products seized by the agency, worth over N2
billion, at Oke-Diya...
Malaria: Nigerians Urged Join Hands With Fg To Boost Fight Against...
Chairman,
National World Malaria Day Committee, Uzodinma Adirieje has called on Nigerians
to join hands with the Federal government to boost the success of the fight
against...
Drug Abuse: Presidential Committee Nigeria Has 15 Million Addicts
The
Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse Buba
Marwa has put the nation’s figure of drug addicts at about 15 million.Marwa,
who announced...
Ebola Outbreak: Community Mistrust Worsening DR Congo
Health workers said public mistrust is now the biggest obstacle to stopping the epidemic, with many refusing vaccines, resisting treatment and concealing symptoms, as...
Drug Abuse: Stakeholders Demand Implementation Of Patent Medicine List
Stakeholders
in the health sector have urged the Federal Government to fast-track the
development and implementation of the Approved Patent Medicines List to curb
the menace of...
Human Trafficking: NAPTIP Dg Commends Operatives For Rescuing Victims In Abuja
The
Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons, NAPTIP Julie Okah-Donli, has commended operative of the agency for
their commitment to rid...
Cholera: Flood-Struck Mozambique Confirm 5 Cases After Cyclone
Authorities
in flood-ravaged Mozambique confirmed five cases of cholera on Wednesday, after
aid groups warned of a possible outbreak of the waterborne disease in the wake
of...
Technology: U.S Charges African Start-Ups On Innovation To Ensure Good Governance
The
U.S. Consulate General has urged African technology start-ups to develop
innovations that would ensure good governance in the continent.The
U.S. Consulate Public Affairs Officer, Russell Brooks,...
Tuberculosis: Aisha Buhari Appeals For Media Support To Eradicate Scourge From...
The
wife of the President Aisha Buhari has appealed to media practitioners to join
the campaign to eliminate tuberculosis in Nigeria.Aisha
said this weekend when she hosted...
