The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday
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In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, Okei-Odumakin said the extension of maternity leave to six months by Lagos State would allow nursing mothers to breastfeed exclusively
WHO said in a statement: “It is with deep sadness that we have to inform you that the organisation lost one of our colleagues on the Malaysian airlines air crash yesterday
The Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Hon. Ndidi Elumelu, who waited endlessly for both Onyebuchi and Okonjo-Iweala to resolve the issue, postponed the meeting until further notice
The governor, at the launch of Millennium Development Goals Conditional Cash Transfer and commissioning of handheld ultrasound scanners at the Nelson Mandela freedom park in Osogbo, said his administration is committed to the welfare of its people hence the provision of the equipment
“The decline in new infections is a clear sign that the government of Nigeria is steering the HIV response in the right direction and much progress can be realised if more resources are committed to the cause,” the statement said.
According to the report, new infections showed signs of decline while about 640,000 people in Nigeria are on antiretroviral therapy in 2013
Williams said: “A female officer shall be entitled to 24 weeks maternity leave with full pay in case of her first two deliveries
The ministers made the appeal at a meeting with officials of the NMA at the instance of the House of Representatives Committee on Health
Idris said the advice was necessary because of the increase in the number of cases and deaths caused by the disease in some neighbouring West African countries such as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Ebije further intimated that the deposited amount will be periodically replenished, adding that aside the cost effectiveness of treating patients in Nigeria, the move will encourage Nigerians to rely on hospitals located within the country, which will also encourage hospitals in the country to attain the status of those abroad
“High blood pressure leads to atherosclerosis and hardening of the large arteries, blockage and weakening of the blood vessels in the brain
Hussain, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Friday, said increase in intake of fluids could help in curing the disease
The Minister made the appeal when she received the Chairman of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, Hon. David Racha, in her office in Abuja
Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that potato was a rich source of flavonoid anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre that are essential for optimal health
Idoko, the Director General of NACA, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday that the right and dignity of People Living With HIV/AIDS would be guaranteed by the proposed law
Dr. Mustafa Kapadia, an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist with Primus Super Specialist Hospital, Karu, Abuja, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday
In a statement issued in Geneva, Switzerland, WHO said the latest figures from health ministries in the three countries showed 844 cases, including 518 deaths in the epidemic that began in February
Dr. Titus Ibekwe, the Vice President of the NMA, confirmed the decision to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday
Okowa said when the committee was informed of the strike, its members held an emergency meeting with the national executive of the Nigeria Medical Association to resolve the dispute
The World Bank released the report in Abuja on Monday.
According to the report, Nigeria has invested heavily in water supply and the sanitation sector, but significant challenges remained and water provision or service is intermittent in the country