Akindele will be officially unveiled on October 24 as part of the activities lined up to mark the World Polio Day
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The Managing Director/CEO of the Foundation, Ijeoma Aso, said that UBA places high priority on the health sector and that the donation to the hospitals was in fulfillment of the foundation’s key objective of improving the lives and well being of the communities where UBA has presence
Moemkes said the assistance was part of his country’s efforts towards ensuring total eradication of polio in the country
The law also slashed the utility allowance of the former chief executives from 30 per cent of their basic salaries to 10 per cent, but allowed them to have four bedroom furnished duplex, two new vehicles and one personal assistant
He also urged them to ensure that the drugs were administered on children, women and aged persons who could not afford such drugs
The don, who expressed concern over the prevalence of chronic diseases in the country, attributed the cause of the deaths to failure of many Nigerians to engage in regular physical activities
In a statement signed by Oshiomhole’s Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria, Edo State will become the first state government in Nigeria and the first sub-national government in Africa to launch an Open Data Portal, joining over 200 governments worldwide that are currently pursuing Open Data
“This is in line with our adoption of preventive healthcare strategies that are more cost effective and in the overall best interest of our people
Nwokoye said the vaccine should be best given to children at the six, 10 and 14 weeks of birth, while the booster doses would be given to adults as is done in the developed countries
Other health workers were, however, attending to the patients at the emergency and accident and Out-Patient Department
Ajewole stated that the body, through its National Strategic Eye Health Plan, would collaborate with stakeholders in the health sector to reflect the shared aspiration to strengthen the national health system and improve the health status of Nigerians
The statement quoted Mensah as saying that a plethora of reasons could be given for the recent occurrence other than oil exploration activities
The Director of Environment and Sanitation, Tunde Balogun, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti on Friday
But there are fears there is more to the absence of Tinubu from Nigeria than just the knee problem
Akpabio explained: “We don’t want to stop capital flight, but we want to minimize the number of people that die while trying to travel to Europe and India for medical check-up and to minimize the turn-out of Nigerians that leave the country
Gough spoke when she addressed the planning meeting of the members of the Journalists Against Polio, for the September 2013 sub-polio immunisation plus days
“Genetically, women have more viral and stress-resistant gene than men, which are resistant to diseases, more resistant to causes of death than men
“Research shows that it helps to reduce the risk of cancer and may ease nervous insomnia
“The success recorded in Guinea worm eradication will make the World Health Organisation to present a certificate to President Goodluck Jonathan in December
In a jointly signed communiqué by the OSN Communiqué Drafting Committee Chairman, Dr. Jeff Adewole, and Secretary, Dr. Ernest Ogbedo, the body promised to align a working strategy with both national and international bodies in order to prevent avoidable blindness and to meet the challenges of achieving improved eye health status in the country