The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at the weekend flagged off free medical outreach and mass animal vaccination in his Yobe North Senatorial District, Yobe State.
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The National Centre for Disease Control, which confirmed the death, noted that 21 suspected cases of Lassa fever were received from the state, out of which eight were confirmed, while five have died.
The Secretary of IMF, Jianhai Lin, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, citing a letter from the Washington DC Department of Health.
The Anambra Government will soon employ no fewer than 200 physically challenged into the state civil service, an aide to the governor said on Friday.
The conference also served as a platform for the launch of Clexane, a brand of enoxaparin sodium, the company’s new drug for the management of VTE.
The Kwara State Government on Thursday disinfected major rivers and adjoining areas in the Ilorin metropolis after health officials recently discovered a polio virus inside the river, a step the government said was to quickly prevent a reoccurrence of vaccine-derived polio cases in the state.
An NGO, Connected Development, said on Thursday that a total of 609 public schools in Kaduna State have no toilet and water facilities.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said on Thursday that seven federal teaching hospitals across the country would be upgraded and fully equipped with an oncology centre to manage all types of cancer.
Retired Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa, the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse, disclosed this on Thursday at the 4th Biennial National Symposium on “Drugs and Drug Policy in Nigeria’’ in Abuja.
The Committee said high maternal mortality would not augur well for the nation, urging all stakeholders, especially the Government, to initiate actions that would address the problem, with the aim to stem the growth.
The event is a fund raiser and will include viewing of an advocacy movie.
Wakawa raised the alarm on Wednesday at the unveiling of the Borno State Government Mental Health Strategic Implementation Plan in Maiduguri.
The NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at a one-day sensitisation workshop for bread
producers in FCT.
Prof Charles Soludo, Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria has called for collective response in tackling poor healthcare system, poverty and other major challenges facing the country.
A study done by a German scientist, Dr. Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy and also elongates the life span of men.
Information about the pledge is in a statement by Toyin Aderibigbe, the Media Officer, National Agency for Control of AIDS on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, said on Monday that the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress can only fool some people all the time but not all the people all the time.
The Federal Government said on Saturday that it was working to provide potable water for the Ogoni people in Rivers State as recommended by the UN Environment Programme Report on Ogoniland Clean-up.
The Kwara State Ministry of Water Resources has offered reason for the disruption of water supply to parts of Ilorin, the state capital.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who stated this earlier on in the week during the biosecurity update meeting on the situation report of Monkey Pox disease in the State, urged residents to observe the highest possible standards of personal and environmental hygiene, especially through regular washing of hands with soap and running water and attention to environmental exposure.