Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, has said that Nigeria was still struggling with high numbers of unimmunised children, with its maternal and under-five mortality rates worsening.
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The president gave the assurance when he received in audience members of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation led by Dr Seth Berkley at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.
Okolo made this known on Tuesday in Ibadan at the opening of a five-day workshop entitled “Fundamentals of Forensic Medical Practice”.
Towards creating a sustainable, organised and tourism friendly environment, the Lagos State Government over the weekend charged residents on the need to ensure effective cleanliness and protection of the water fronts in the State.
Noting that: “The global response to HIV and the Joint Programme provide one of the strongest examples of the value of multilateralism and global solidarity,” she added: “The year 2020 provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon how the Joint Programme can work even better.”
Abubakar made this known in a statement issued by Saghir el Mohammed, the Director Press in the ministry.
This, the upper chamber stated, can be realised by seeking the establishment of the National Health Insurance Commission.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has called for stronger collaboration to eradicate the HIV pandemic in Nigeria and to erase the unenviable record of having the second largest HIV epidemic in the world.
Traders at the popular Oyingbo market on Thursday said they had joined the “Cleaner Lagos” campaign following its recent closure by Lagos State Government over environmental infractions.
Lawal disclosed this on Wednesday when he met with members of the Sheep and Goats Farmers Association in Lagos State to sensitize them on the reported outbreak of Charcoal Anthrax in sheep and cattle in the Republic of Niger.
The Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday prosecuted 31 persons found culpable of violating environmental laws of the State before a Magistrate court sitting in Ibadan.
In fulfillment of its promise to start massive construction after the rains, the Lagos State Government has commenced dredging of major drainage channels and canals spread across the state.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted dust haze, sunny and hazy conditions over the North and partly cloudy to sunny condition over Central cities for Thursday.
Minister of State for Health, Adeleke Mamora, briefed State House correspondents after FEC meeting, presided by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The call was part of the outcome of the ongoing Technical and Thematic Training Workshop organised by Breakthrough Action, Nigeria with support from the United States Agency for International Development in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund on Tuesday said no fewer than 1.4 million residents of Ekiti State still engage in open defecation.
Geoffrey Ijumba, the Chief of UNICEF (D) Field Office in Maiduguri, made the disclosure at the formal separation of 461 children from rank and file of the CJTF in Maiduguri.
Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will be declared polio free by 2020.
The governor gave the warning in Owerri on Tuesday at the official launch of the Anti Retroviral Therapy Surge Response organised by the state government in collaboration with the United States Embassy in Nigeria and Caritas Nigeria.
The NMA National President, Dr Francis Faduyile, made this known on Tuesday at the ongoing a week-long Annual Symposium organised by the Health Writers Association of Nigeria in Lagos.