The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), met with members of the Nigeria Medical Association at the State House, Abuja on Friday. The meeting is coming 40 days after the National Association of Resident Doctors declared an indefinite strike. The…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri says harmonization of the salary structure of all classes of medical personnel in the country as a panacea to check the unending wage-related industrial crises in the health sector. This is just as the…
The Kwara Government on Friday urged mothers and caregivers in the state to ensure their children/wards get vaccinated against poliomyelitis. Mr Kayode Alabi, Deputy Governor of Kwara, made the call during the inauguration of polio vaccination at the Okelele Primary…
…Lists factors preventing approval of herbal formulations The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has said Nigeria cannot manufacture or export vaccines, until NAFDAC attains the World Health Organisation’s Maturity Level…
The African Union’s health watchdog, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has accused world leaders coming short in their pledge to share coronavirus vaccines with poorer nations, and their failure risked making the disease endemic. Africa is facing a COVID-19…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the National Health for Insurance Scheme, NHIS, on the inclusion of Corps Members in the programme. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim who stated this…
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 559 new COVID-19 cases, as total infections rose to 197,046. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said this, indicates a decrease from the 597 cases reported on Tuesday. The centre said the new cases were…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee to commence the development and implementation of a Health Sector Reform programme for Nigeria in collaboration with the State Governments and the FCT administration. This is…
The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Dr Peter Hawkins, has disclosed that a massive outbreak of vaccine-derived polio has been reported in Nigeria. Hawkins disclosed this in his remarks at the third Quarter Northern Traditional…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 25 water factories for illegal operation and poor quality production in Kwara. Mr Azikiwe Kenneth, the Kwara Coordinator of NAFDAC, disclosed this in a statement made available…
