Health

  About 5000 people in Oloibiri area of Bayelsa State have benefitted from a health outreach organised by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) Joint Venture in furtherance of its Health-in-Motion campaign. Working closely with the Bayelsa State Government, Ogbia Local Government Council and other partners, SPDC …

RUTH DAVID, Bauchi Reports that Nigeria has been removed from countries in need of poliomyelitis immunization and also from the list of polio endemic countries are not true, according to the Bauchi Local Government Primary Health Care Development Agency. Director of the agency, Bako Garba Gamawa, made the disclosure, Thursday, …

The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has quarantined ten persons following the death of a patient in the hospital, Wednesday, from symptoms suspected to be Ebola virus. Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital, Dr. Queeneth Kalu, who made the revelation, Thursday, in Calabar, the Cross River State …

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the commitment expressed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria towards efforts to end AIDS by 2030. “We welcome His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari’s call to action to end AIDS by 2030. We are looking forward to supporting government …

. Dearest President Buhari, yours truly will be writing you series of letters, and where and when necessary, shall seek audience with you. This particular letter is in view of your cabinet, appointees, all top federal civil servants and yet to be appointed ministers etc. Please, ban any person(s) that …

Staff  of   the Imo  State  Teaching  Hospital (IMSUTH) in Orlu, Monday, commenced an indefinite  strike in line with their vow to proceed with the action at the end of an earlier warning strike embarked upon to ask the state government to give  a   satisfactory  response  to  their  demands. The  workers   …

The World Health Organisation has called for urgent assistance in the West African sub-Sahara region, stating that without much needed investment in the healthcare systems of countries such as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone a full recovery from the Ebola outbreak would be impossible.‎ Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director …

Barely two months after the World Health Organisation (WHO), had on May 9, declared Liberia Ebola-free, the West African country, Tuesday, reported a second fatal case of the deadly virus, prompting an alert by the Federal Government, Wednesday, warning Nigerians to take precautions and adhere to hygienic and other preventive …

NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has assured that his administration would partner with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and donor agencies to provide data, funds and facilities that promote quality health for the citizenry. Dickson stated this in Yenagoa when a team of Targeted State High Impact Project, …

The continued fight to stamp out polio will receive an additional $40.3 million boost from Rotary to support immunization activities and research carried out by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The funding commitment comes at a critical time as Nigeria, the last polio-endemic country in Africa, approaches one-year since its …

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc, Pharmacist Emmanuel Ekunno, has said that hypertension is assuming an epidemic status in the country and must be combated by all so as to significantly reduce the sudden deaths, strokes, kidney damage and other health challenges that result from it. Pharmacist …

  No fewer than 15,595 people resident in Lekki Local Council Development Area of Lagos and its environs have benefited from free health consultation, screening and treatment for various ailments and diseases including hypertension, diabetes, eye and dental diseases from the just concluded free medical expedition held in the area …

  The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Tuesday, exonerated homes of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) from involvement in child factory, rather the body, through its Communication Officer, Media and External Relations, Blessing Ejiofor, blamed maternity homes and other homes as culprits of child factory business. UNICEF said no government organ …

The feud between the management and staff of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri took a new dimension on Friday when hundreds of staff of the medical centre took to the streets of Owerri the Imo State capital. Carrying placards with various derogatory inscriptions calling for the removal of their Medical …

Kia Motors has joined forces with the Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to provide an emergency vaccination program across the Nsanje district of southern Malawi. Kia will support IVI with the necessary funding to provide 110,000 doses of oral cholera vaccine for 50,000 people in the region, which has been …

Founder, Afribaby Initiative, Dr Oscar Odiboh, , Sunday, urged mothers to breastfeed their infants between eight and 12 times per day, to fortify them against childhood diseases. Odiboh said in Lagos that an infant should be breastfed every two to three hours to prevent jaundice, measles and other diseases. “A …

Resident doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) have embarked on a five-day warning strike. President of the hospital’s resident doctors association, Dr Owen Omorogbe, said, Saturday, in Benin that the strike which began, Thursday, followed disagreement with the hospital’s management over welfare issues. Owen said that the …

The Nigerian Red Cross Society has urged governments at all levels to move to enact and strengthen the laws guiding the provision of first aid at accident scenes or public facilities. Making the call, Thursday, in Abuja, Mr Bashir Dan-Illela, National First Aid Trainer of the Nigeria Red Cross, said …

Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health, Dr Emem Bassey, has disclosed that more than 70 per cent of pregnant women in the state patronise unskilled Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) during delivery. Bassey who said this, Thursday, in Uyo while inaugurating a Technical Working Committee to develop a framework for integrating the …

Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group, last month, approved a $500 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria. The IDA is the window of the World Bank which offers grants and low- to zero-interest loans for projects and programmes that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s Commissioner for Telecommunications and Technology (ICT), Mr Isaias Barreto da Rosa, has assured that the body can improve health services in the sub-region through the use of mobile devices. Barreto da Rosa who made the statement in an interview in Abuja, said …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it plans to immunize 240,000 children with the Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) in three local government areas of Sokoto State. Supplemental Immunization Activities Officer, WHO Nigeria Office, Dr Ana Chevez, who disclosed this in Abuja, Wednesday, said that the children would be immunised …

UNICEF and partners, Wednesday, launched the U-Report, an innovative SMS-based platform that empowers Nigerians by enabling them to participate and engage in policy-making and governance and access real time information on key social issues. U-Report enables those who voluntarily register , known as U-reporters – to speak-out on what is …

The world’s first malaria vaccine could be approved by international regulators for use in Africa from October after final trial data showed it offered partial protection for up to four years. The vaccine, RTS,S, made by GlaxoSmithKline, is designed for children in Africa and would be the first licensed human …

  Nearly 22 million infants missed out in 2013 on the routine vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus One-fifth of the world’s children are still not receiving routine life-saving vaccinations and efforts to ensure global immunisation coverage remain “far off track,” the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Nearly 22 …