The Federal Government has said it will invest in 8000 primary healthcare centres with the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) FG’ll. Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Patmade the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja during the unveiling of the NHIA Operational Guidelines. The News Agency...
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has listed Zamfara, Cross River, Adamawa and Ogun as states with the highest cholera cases in the country. NCDC’s Incident Manager, Cholera Technical Working Group, Dr Sebastian Yennan, said this at the monthly meeting of the Water Sanitation...
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), on Monday, confirmed that 117 children died following Diphtheria outbreak in Yobe since 2022. The Agency, however, said that 1,600 children had recovered from the disease within the period under review. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive-Director of the Agency, stated this...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has received National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) outstanding healthcare services delivery award for his transparency and accountable provision of primary healthcare services across s the State. The National Coordinator of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib made the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC) has called on states affected by diphtheria to launch extensive education campaigns to tackle vaccine hesitancy. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Adetifa defined diphtheria...
The National Assembly has pledged an improved budgetary provision for cancer care in the country. Chairmen of Health Committees of the 10th National Assembly made the pledge at the legislative dialogue on health which held in Lagos. The dialogue, with the theme: ‘Sustainable Cancer Care Financing in Nigeria’...
No fewer than 1 billion persons worldwide are affected with Presbyopia (eye disorder), Dr Tochukwu Onwuzulike, an eye care specialist, has said. Onwuzulike, an Optometrist with Vision Spring, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the inauguration of free eye care exercise at Apo...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has said that with three professors now in charge of Borno’s health sector, it is either the sector is repositioned now or never. Governor Zulum stated this on Friday when he received the Health Minister, Prof. Mohammed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF and its partner, Goal Prime Organisation on Thursday launched a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) interventions for about 33,000 children with severe and moderate malnutrition in 3 OTP Centers of 3 wards of Mafa LGA of Borno State. The interventions was aimed...
Nigeria has recorded 13,204 suspected diphtheria cases in the current outbreak as of Tuesday. “As of Oct. 3, there has been 13,204 registered suspected diphtheria cases out of which 8,406 were confirmed,’’ Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has said. He told...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri -. World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Borno State Government have flagged off a 10-day vaccination campaign on fIPV and nOPV across the 27 local government areas in the state. The fIPV which stands for Fractional doses of the Inactivated Poliovirus...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released 16 million dollars from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to tackle cholera. WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this during an online news conference. Ghebreyesus said that the organisation was providing essential supplies, coordinating the on the ground response with partners,...
According to the UNPFA access to safe voluntary family planning is a human right. Family planning is central to gender equality and women’s empowerment, and it is a key factor in reducing poverty. “Yet in developing regions, an estimated 257 million women who want to avoid pregnancy are not...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC), has registered 210 new suspected cases of cholera infections and 10 ‘suspected’ deaths across eight states of the federation from July 31 to Aug. 27. The NCDC said this via its official website in its latest monthly situation report on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSHCDA), in collaboration with The Challenge Initiative (TCI ) and other partners have organised a stakeholders engagement meeting to review 2nd quarter performance and promote Social and Behavioral Change in improving child birth spacing in the state. ...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Kano – The Chief of UNICEF Field Office in Kano State, Dr. Rahama Farahhas advised that all hands must urgently be on the deck towards halting the escalation of diphtheria disease. Dr. Farah, who spoke on Tuesday in Kano at a one day media...
The Ogun State Government has alerted the public on a possible cholera outbreak in Ijebu North Local Government area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Sunday in Abeokuta. Coker defined Cholera...
As more states come under diphtheria in the country, the Federal Government has established an emergency task force to tackle the menace. Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, who announced this on Thursday in Abuja, said that the target was to curb the spread of the...
Australian doctors have found a live parasitic worm in a woman’s brain in a world-first discovery. In a new study published on Tuesday, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and Canberra Hospital detailed the discovery of the parasitic roundworm. The eight-cm Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm, which is usually found...
Patrick Abang Calabar Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk has emphasised that the present administration led by Governor Bassey Otu places high premium on the health of its citizens and remains poised to getting health insurance working comprehensively in a bid to enthrone Universal Health...