Health

Ikeja Electric Plc, Nigeria’s largest distribution company has partnered with Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust and Kleanmate to celebrate this year’s Global Hand washing Day with children in selected Secondary Schools located within its network coverage. The event, celebrated yearly on October 15th, promotes right hygiene practices, with …

In a statement coinciding with the publication of a new global survey by the WHO, International Confederation Of Midwives, and the White Ribbon Alliance Global, H.E. Toyin Saraki, ICM Global Goodwill Ambassador and Founder, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, has said:”I welcome the launch of the WHO “Midwives Voices, Midwives Realities …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has disclosed the readiness of his administration to partner veterinary medical practitioners to chart a new course on ways to revive the state’s economy in the light of the severe economic challenges facing the country. Gov. Ugwuanyi spoke while receiving a delegation of the …

A selected high-level audience composed of business leaders and development experts were present at the signing ceremony on September 16 2016, in Montreal, Canada Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (www.Ecobank.com), the leading Pan-African financial institution, through its Foundation, has renewed its partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria …

Kano state Executive council has approved the sum of N48. 5 million for procurement of anti-malarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic test kits, as part of efforts to respond to the scourge of malaria prevailing in the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Comrade Muhammad Garba who made this known …

From: Ruth David, Bauchi The World Health Organization, WHO, has disclosed that about 1,472 cases of noncompliance of polio immunization has been recorded in Bauchi state in the month of September 2016 . Dr Habu Dahiru, the State Consultant for WHO, said this to Bauchi State Nigeria Association Of Women …

Sokoto state government said it has employed 21 fresh doctors who graduated from the Usmanu Danfodio University, and will be posted to various primary healthcare centres across the state. Similarly, the government said it is working to regularise professional qualifications of 309 nurses and midwives from the state in preparation …

Wife of the Senate President and the Wellbeing Foundation Africa’s President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki was on Thursday September 23, 2016, at the 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York, given the prestigious Citizen Engagement Award by Speak Up Africa, for her work in improving the lives of women, girls …

Impressed by its numerous achievements in healthcare delivery in the past six years, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called for a successor project to the Department for International Development (DFID)’s Path II Programme. The governor made the comment at a dinner organised by the state government for DFID …

In response to the heightened migration issue and the dire maternal and newborn health in North East Nigeria, the wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki’s Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) has pledged to amplify the delivery of it’s nationwide MamaCare MomAndBaby Skills&Drills Antenatal Education Curriculum Classes to displaced mothers …

By Ayo Afuwape In Year 2000, WHO ranked Nigeria 187th in overall performance in health among 191 member states. This unhealthy ranking has since made stakeholders in the health sector devise several means to reverse the trend. This includes strengthening the operations of Traditional Birth Attendants, TBAs, for safer delivery …

In a bid to tackle the daunting challenges bedevilling the Nigeria’s health sector, the Minister of Health, Prof.Isaac Adewole has inaugurated eHealth Steering Committee in Abuja to address some of these challenges ranging from data collection and management, human resource and issue of universal health coverage. Speaking at the occasion, …

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has advised women to go for regular cancer screening to know their latest status. She gave the advice at the maiden scientific conference of the Lagos State branch of the Association of Female Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, at Alausa, Ikeja …

Water is a vital resource that constitutes a new strategic issue that mobilizes the entire international community in facilitating its access as well as ensuring its rational management. The attention paid to the issue of water is properly stressed with its inclusion among the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established …

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s bid to establish a renal and cardiac hospital in Sokoto received a major boost Wednesday when the Indian government said it will play an active role in ensuring the success of the project. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, B.N Reddy, stated this when he visited Governor …

The N350 million Lassa Fever Virology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre built by the Ebonyi State Government has been inaugurated by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole. Adewole, who was in company with his Agriculture counterpart, Chief Audu Ogbeh and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, during the ceremony, said he …

Ebonyi State Governor,Engr. David Umahi, has launched a N1 billion comprehensive health programme for the state. Umahi announced this during a meeting he held with major health stakeholders,and development partners at the Government House in Abakaliki last Wednesday. He said, “With gratitude to Almighty God and appreciation of your commitments …

From: Ruth David , Bauchi Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Agency has disclosed that one person has died and two suspected Lassa Fever cases have been reported in the State. The chairman of the Agency, Pharmacist Ibrahim Gamawa confirmed it to newsmen Saturday in a press briefing at the Emergency Operation …

The Senators’ Wives Forum (SWF) has contributed towards fortified foodstuffs and body care products for weaned infants and children at the various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in some parts of the country. The Forum, represented by Hajia Hadiza Ali Wakili and Mrs. Louis Gyunka from Bauchi South and Nasarawa …

CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA The Monarch of Ovom Community in Bayelsa State, His Royal Highness Matthias Arabs Simeon has hailed the authorities of the Central Naval Command ( CNC ) for offering free medical Rhapsody to his subjects. The Paramount Ruler also lauded the Nigeria Navy for rendering security assistance to …

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has condoled with the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah on the death of her son whom he said was plucked at his prime. In a condolence message to the Senator, Governor Obiano stated, “I received with deep regret …