The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, on Saturday flagged off the Federal Government’s verification of the National Social Register in Makoko, Lagos state. According to the Minister, the exercise will ensure that the federal government’s…
By Jeleel Olawale The Governor of Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has said that early detection of cancer would save lives. Adeleke made the disclosure at a 3-day symposium commemorating the 10th anniversary of the African Research Group for Oncology…
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has reaffirmed his commitment to enhance the people’s health through conscious and deliberate improvement of access to quality and affordable healthcare in the state. Otti made the remark on Wednesday in Umuahia, when he formally…
…As FG beefs up surveillance, response activities No less than 7,202 cases of diphtheria out of the 11,587 suspected cases in the Country have been confirmed across 105 Local Government Areas in 18 States in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against use of four products found to contain potent medicinal ingredients, steroids and other banned substances. The warning is contained in a public alert signed by…
A cancer expert, Dr Kanu Ekpo has disclosed that women between the ages of nine and 45 are usually at the risk of cancer. He also disclosed that those who are still sexually active after 45 must start taking preventive…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has explained how an increase in local production of pharmaceutical products reduced the importation by 63 per cent in two years. The agency made this known when it issued…
BY RAYMOND OZOJI, Awka Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has concluded plans to employ 500 health care workers as veritable means to addressing issues of dearth of human resource for health in the State health sector. Disclosing this during the grand…
The Ogun State Government has raised the awareness of residents of the state to an outbreak of cholera in Ijebu North local government. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to Ogun State Governor on Health, Dr. Tomi Coker,…
The Edo Primary Health Care Development Agency says it has scheduled its “Outbreak Response Campaign” against the circulating variant polio virus from September 16 to September 19. Mrs Irene Uabor, the agency’s Health Education Officer, disclosed this in a statement…
