The International Society of Media in Public Health, (ISMPH) has attributed the growing malnutrition among under-five children in Nigeria to poverty, resulting from low earning capacities of the parents of these children, especially mothers. Programme ...
FG Hands Over Livestock Health Center FCTA
The Federal Government has handed over the livestock health centre built and equipped for treatment of animals to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). The centre which was constructed by the veterinary and pest control services of the ...
NEMSAS Director, Dr. Dumbulwa avoids stating cost of NEMSAS programme
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) Dr Ifedayo Adetifa has attributed the Measles and Yellow fever outbreaks to disruptions on routine immunization and other essential healthcare services, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pande ...
Covid-19: Nigeria could miss September Immunization Coverage Target.
The Director Planning, Research & statistics at the national primary health care development agency (NPHCDA) Doctor Abdullahi Garba says Nigeria may miss the September seventy percent COVID-19 immunization target, as the country is very far from the ...
Monkey Pox: Nigeria Records 41 Confirmed Cases, one fatality – NCDC
The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday says Nigeria has Confirmed 41 cases of monkey pox and one death from the virus, as at June 19, 2022 Director general of the NCDC, Doctor Ifedayo Adetifa, gave the update at the bi- weekly Minis ...
FG Commence Registration of Refugees into NHIS
The Federal Government says it has undertaken the registration of refugees into the National Health Insurance Scheme. The Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Imaan Sulaiman- ...
NATIONAL HOSPITAL:
MANAGEMENT, OTHERS LAUNCH INVESTIGATION ON DOCTORS, NURSES FRACAS
The National Association of Residents Doctors, National Hospital Abuja, has been making some clarifications regarding the disagreement between one of its member and a nurse, resulting into war of words and an alleged physical attack. President of the ...
Stakeholders Calls on Lawmakers to Give bite to blood Policies.
As the advocacy on the importance of blood donation continues, stakeholders in the health sector has harped on the need for the lawmakers to come up with laws that will give bites to blood policies. They have also called on the government and the medi ...
NCDC Express Concern Over Nigeria’s Position in Cholera Control
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has expressed concerns over Nigeria remaining one of the cholera endemic countries in the African continent. It said while many countries have since eliminated cholera, an infectious disease transmitted th ...
About 40 percent of Nigeria’s primary healthcare centers lack access to electricity
The United States Agency for International Development, (USAID) Power Africa Nigeria Power Sector Program, USAID Integrated Health Program, and the Government of Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency have launched a call-to-action to provide more primar ...