Rukayat Akanbi, Bauchi WaterAid Nigeria has said it would empower some communities with context-specific hygiene promotion tools and materials designed to protect them from infectious diseases including COVID-19. Country Director of WaterAid Nigeria, Evelyn Mere said this while launching the hygiene response…
Prof. Josiah Mutihir of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Jos, has said that family planning is not a ploy to reduce population in the world. Mutihir, who is also Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,…
The Federal Government on Monday took delivery of another tranche of COVID-19 vaccine doses. The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the U.S. government. Representatives from UNICEF and USAID officially presented the vaccine…
…calls for synergy among govt agencies The Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye has decried the incessant rejection of food and agricultural commodities from Nigeria by the United States of…
Joyce Nwabuisi Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has flagged off the 2nd Round of Outbreak Response (OBR) for Polio vaccination campaign. He disclosed that the first round of the OBR campaign was successfully implemented between the 19th – 22nd…
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on its members to proceed on an indefinite nationwide strike, beginning from Monday, Aug. 2. The President of the association, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this on Saturday, while briefing newsmen on…
National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday conducted training on quality management system global procedures for its staff in the North-West geopolitical zone. NAFDAC Coordinator in Kaduna State, Mr Nasiru Mato, told the News Agency of…
The Ondo State Government has reiterated its commitment to reduce the rate of morbidity and mortality of newborns and infants in the state to the barest. Mrs Folukemi Aladenola, the Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Health, said this on Friday…
Over 4 billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world. This is coming after eight months the vaccination drive started. This was reported by AFP recently. The report shows that Global injections have slowed slightly: this fourth…
Google on Wednesday slowed its plan to get campuses back up and running, and said workers returning to offices will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Spikes in infections due to a Delta variant of the virus have ramped up…
