“I declare on this day, at midnight, the end of the outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever of the Ebola virus in DRC,” the Minister of Health in the country, Oly Ilunga, said in a statement
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Dr. Adefemi Afolabi, the Staff Champion Coordinator of the Pain-Free Hospital Initiative, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ibadan
Previous studies have suggested that mothers get short-term health benefits from breastfeeding, such as weight loss and lower cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose levels after pregnancy
The advice is among the additions to the WHO Model list of essential medicines for 2017, which includes medicines for HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and leukaemia
The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, gave the assessment ahead of World No Tobacco Day, marked annually on May 31, and which targets the threats tobacco poses to global development worldwide
FAAN gave the assurance in a statement on Monday
The Regional Director of WHO for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the organisation would work with the UN and other partners to halt the spread of the disease
The World Health Organisation declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, saying at least one person had been confirmed dead due to the virus in the country’s north-east
The Minister noted that health care providers and the general public must immediately report any sign of illness to the public health officials immediately
The sudden increase in attempted suicide cases in our country should provide the needed impetus for review and introspection, not the vilification of persons who are already society’s victims
Folasade Ofurune, a public health practitioner and Executive Director of Health Education and Empowerment Initiative, told newsmen that health awareness and enlightenment campaign are crucial in the prevention, control and management of malaria and other communicable diseases, especially at the grassroots
The Commissioner For Health, Dr. Kuden Kamshak, broke this news on Tuesday while addressing journalists on the 10th anniversary commemoration of the World Malaria Day in Jos
The doses were sent by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, an organisation that coordinates the provision of vaccine during outbreak emergencies
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Balarabe Kakale, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Friday
The Country Representative of the organisation in Nigeria, Dr. Alemu Wondi, made the commendation in Sokoto on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit on the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar
The Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this in a statement issued at the ongoing 2017 Enugu International Trade Fair on Monday
Fayose had last week announced the plan, citing as reason the location of the mosques
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Audu, disclosed this in a statement
Dr. Muhammad Kainuwa, the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Health, confirmed this to newsmen in Dutse on Thursday
The figure, WHO said, is so high that is accounts for two and a half time more people killed than those who die from HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined