As part of efforts to curb outbreak of diseases, the Niger State Government has been urged to introduce a monthly environmental sanitation exercise.
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Fifty governorship candidates including three women on Wednesday signed the peace accord to promote peaceful coexistence before, during and after the general elections.
The Federal Commissioner representing Yobe, Alhaji Muhammad Makkau, made this known to newsmen on Monday in Damaturu.
The US Embassy, in a statement in Abuja, said the jointly funded NDHS would provide comprehensive data to monitor and assess the health status of the population.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this at a stakeholders’ interactive forum to precede the winding down of the programme in Abuja on Thursday.
Addressing the lack of adequate human resources for providing skilled care1 in maternal and child health, HMCI will see the implementation of a comprehensive education programme that will deliver over 100,000 hours of training over the next three years, supporting task-shifting for at least 1,300 midwives and antenatal primary health caregivers, initially focused on six states plus the Federal Capital Territory
During a handover ceremony at the US Embassy in Abuja on Friday, Procter & Gamble Managing Director, George Nassar, presented samples of the products to Borno State National Assembly representative, M.T. Monguno
The UN Population Fund and the US Agency for International Development on Monday called for private sector support in ensuring…
The Mission Director of the US Agency for International Development in Nigeria, Michael T. Harvey, gave the pledge during a tour of IDPs camps and assessment visits to community-based organizations sheltering the estimated 400,000 refugees who fled insurgency attacks in the northern parts of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states, to Yola
Nigeria that unfortunately became afflicted with the EVD courtesy of the late Liberian official Mr. Sawyer, battled tooth and nail to control and contain the EVD from spreading among the very large populations.
The United States of America Government on Tuesday said it has earmarked over $100 million in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
A study, published Sunday in Nature Medicine, details promising results of a possible Ebola vaccine following trials carried out on monkeys.
The Acting Public Affairs Officer of the US Consulate General in Lagos, Rhonda Watson, said: “No USAID poll was taken in Osun
Harvey said: “The survey shows improvement in a number of key health indicators but at the same time, there is still much room for progress, particularly in reproductive health
The MDG 4 is on reduction of child mortality, MDG 5 is to improve maternal health, while MDG 8 is on global partnership
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He said said that his office had also solicited the collaboration of USAID in the fight against proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition, expressing hope that the efforts would pay off in the current campaign for a “Delta State Beyond Oil”
According to Rufai’i, efforts are on to ensure that the ministry will always have access to information to aid the quest to meet the National Education Strategic goal of access to quality education as contained in the Transformation Agenda and the Four-Year Strategic Plan for the Development of the Education sector
Asked why he targeted Babangida and Dasuki, he said he was asked to provide names of prominent Nigerians who, if attacked, could unsettle the West