By Uthman Salami The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has vowed to continue with the industrial action which started seven days ago despite the threat of implementing ‘no work no pay’ by the federal government. The Minister of Labour and…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it will partner relevant stakeholders to strengthen enlightenment campaign on Breast Milk Substitute (BMS) Code. The Kaduna State Coordinator of the agency, Nasiru Mato, stated this in Kaduna…
Rotary Club of Eko Atlantic says it has administered the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to no fewer than 115 students, aged nine to 13, of the Girls Junior School, Simpson Street, Marina, Lagos. According to it, this is to…
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, has said that it’s a sin for nursing mothers to deprive their children of exclusive breastfeeding which is the child’s first food as an infant. The organisation lamented the low rate of exclusive…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun state government has warned of steady rise in COVID-19 cases saying that the figure has jumped from 7 to 16 cases per day in the last one week. It has equally said that a total of…
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), has distanced itself from most of the demands by striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), saying that they were the responsibility of state governments. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, stated this to…
Dr Gabriel Adakole, a Public Health expert, says that no fewer than four variants of the COVID-19 are present in the country, such that Nigeria, like many other countries is monitoring multiple variants of the SAR-Cov-2 Adakole, told said on…
Mrs Roseline Oladimeji, a Chief Nursing Sister, in Lagos on Thursday advised pregnant women to allow their husbands to suck their boobs to prepare them for breastfeeding after delivery. Oladimeji gave the advice at a sensitisation programme marking 2021 World…
Stakeholders at a policy dialogue in Abuja, on Thursday, called on the public and private sector to provide on-site lactation rooms and flexible programmes for the wellbeing of mothers and children. The stakeholder spoke at the Nigeria Health Watch Nutrition…
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Thursday said out of seven million children born every year in Nigeria, only four million are breastfed in the first hour of birth. This,UNICEF said, fell below the 50 percentage target of global standard…
