The Kaduna State Project Implementation Unit, Accelerating Nutrition Result in Nigeria (ANRiN), has signed a contract with Society for Family Health (SFH) to deliver integrated basic package nutrition and adolescent health services in the state. The ANRiN Project Coordinator, Dr…
The Kwara Government says the state is set to enjoy global fund support for free provision of malaria drugs and Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLNI) across its 16 local government areas. Dr Abubakar Ayinla, the Permanent Secretary, Kwara State Ministry of…
The Health Minister, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has promised that malaria will be reduced to less than 10% in the country in the next 5 years. The Minister gave the assurance while receiving the Board of Trustees and Council of the Institute…
The United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to health workers in 33 facilities in Ogun on Thursday to curtail COVID-19. The equipment include examination and surgical gloves, facemasks, hand sanitisers, hand wash, disinfectants, safety goggles and…
Experts on Thursday advocated the adoption of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in tackling the technical, financial and human capacity gaps in the country’s health sector. They said that the adoption of the PPP model would improve Nigeria’s healthcare…
The Lagos State Government has recently closed down all coronavirus vaccination centres across the state as it has finally come out of the wave of the pandemic successfully. During the vaccination, a total of 257,756 persons were vaccinated, with this,…
The Jigawa State Executive Council on Thursday approved the construction of three new general hospitals in Gagarawa, Gwiwa and Kirikasamma local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim, made this known in a statement in…
Women’s Right and Health Project (WRAHP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says it recorded 198 cases of domestic violence in 2020. Miss Abisoye Ajose, WRAPH Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, disclosed this during a sensitisation programme on Social and Gender Based Violence…
The Ondo State Ministry of Health has urged members of staff of the State Infections Diseases Hospital to rededicate themselves to duties and contribute toward development of the state. Mrs Folukemi Aladenola, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, made the…
Gombe State Deputy Gov., Mr Manassah Jatau, on Wednesday said no fewer than 44 people, including two health care providers, died of COVID-19 complications in Gombe State in one year. Jatau, who is also the chairman of COVID-19 Management Committee,…
