Dr Deborah Bitrus-Oghoghorie, Consultant Grade 1, Federal Ministry of Health, Hospital Services, has said that Nigerians would began to access affordable surgical care. Bitrus-Oghoghorie disclosed this at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, on Wednesday during an enlightenment session of…
The Anambra Government said a laboratory has been established to diagnose cases of monkeypox and other contagious disease in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka, saying that the establishment of…
Kaduna State Governor Nasiru el-Rufai of Kaduna State has officially launched the distribution of N5.5 million free insecticide treated nets to residents to fight malaria. The distribution, which took place from yesterday, July 7 will end on July 18 in…
No fewer than one million pregnant and lactating women, children, and adolescent girls in Kaduna State have received nutrition and reproductive health services from eHealth Africa. The Project Director, eHealth Africa-Accelerating Nutrition Result in Nigeria (ANRiN) Project, Dr. Aminu Abubakar, disclosed…
Nasarawa State has confirmed six cases of Monkey Pox in two Local Government Areas of Lafia and Keffi. The State Commissioner for Health, Mr Ahmed Yahaya, disclosed this while addressing journalists on Thursday in Lafia. The Commissioner explained that two…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has bemoaned what it described as widespread misinformation about the Monkeypox infection in Nigeria. The Director-General of the NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, said this on Tuesday at a virtual media dialogue on the infection.…
President Muhammadu Buhari said 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, aiding reduction in severe malaria in children in the country. He made the declaration on Friday in Kigali at the Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical…
The Nasarawa State Government says it administered malaria preventive drugs to 775, 905 children under five years across the state in 2021. The Commissioner for Health, Mr Ahmed Yahaya, made the disclosure at a media parley to commence the second round…
The Plateau Government is to has establish a drug and commodities management agency to regulate and control drug administration in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar, made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday at the Government…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it sees no need to cancel or postpone mass events this summer due to the unusually high number of monkey pox cases. “We have learnt that mass gatherings do not amplify transmission by themselves;…
