THE National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, recorded 210 new suspected cases of Cholera infections and 10 ‘suspected’ deaths across eight states from July 31 to August 27. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest monthly situation report on Cholera, covering Epidemiological (EP) weeks 31 to 34. Cholera is a …
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THE Federal Government on Monday, confirmed 7,202 cases of diphtheria out of the 11,587 suspected cases across 105 Local Government Areas in 18 states, including the Federal Capital Territory. The FG disclosed this in a joint press statement signed by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the National …
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A Pregnant 19-year-old girl rescued by a Good Samaritan in Awka, Anambra State has lamented that the man responsible for her pregnancy infected her with HIV and dumped her. The Nation gathered that the victim’s boyfriend identified as Chibuike, sent her parking after getting her pregnant. She was later handed over …
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JIGAWA State has recorded 91 suspected cases of diphtheria in 14 local government areas. The Permanent Secretary, Jigawa Ministry of Health, Dr Salisu Muazu, disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, on Saturday. “There has been a diphtheria outbreak in the northern parts of Nigeria in the last …
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HOURS after the Lagos Assembly called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct release of funds for his overseas treatment, the boy whose intensine went missing in the process of surgery, Adebola Akin-Bright, has died. It was gathered he died on Tuesday evening after he developed complications. He was said to have been rushed …
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THE Federal Government, on Monday, said it had developed the National Policy and Implementation Strategy on Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality to improve the safety of all medical procedures, and enhance the quality of health care delivery. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Kachollom Daju, made this …
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THE Edo Primary Health Care Development Agency says it has scheduled its “Outbreak Response Campaign” against the circulating variant polio virus from September 16 to September 19. Mrs Irene Uabor, the agency’s Health Education Officer, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin on Friday. Uabor said …
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VICE President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday said the Tinubu administration has its eyes locked on domestic routes to financing the health needs of Nigerians, which he described as one of its three “major commitments”. “Improved health outcomes for all Nigerians; increased domestic financing for health; and promoting health industrialization…these are …
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The federal government is set to introduce the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in the country. The vaccine will be given to children and adolescents between the ages nine to 15 years across the country. Executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency …
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THE Anambra State Government has announced the ban on all forms of open advertisement of herbal medicines in the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, on Saturday. Nwosu also said the state government had directed that all advertisements for herbal drugs …
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