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General Hospital Calabar: Renovations Reach Advance Stage
As part of measures to make quality health care services available to residents of Calabar and its environs, the Cross River State Government has reiterated its commitment to the completion of the ongoing renovation of the Calabar General Hospital. The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu...
China Shuts Transport, Temples, Disneyland As Virus Toll Rises to 25
China stepped up measures to contain a virus that has killed 25 people and infected more than 800, suspending...
24/Jan/2020
‘Nigeria has only 500 Nephrology Nurses’
The Programme Coordinator of the School of Post Basic Nephrology Nursing, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Mrs Beatrice Segun-Agboola,...
24/Jan/2020
States Panic As Lassa Fever Death Toll Hits 24
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said the number of deaths associated with Lassa fever in January 2020...
24/Jan/2020
Monkeypox Killed One, Infected 46 In Nine States Last Year
Monkeypox infection has persisted in Nigeria as latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that...
24/Jan/2020
Lagos Alerts Residents on Coronavirus
Lagos State has assured residents that it is prepared for any eventuality on the fast-spreading Coronavirus from East Asia....
24/Jan/2020
NAFDAC Explains Death of Two-Year Old after Taking De-Wormer, Albendazole
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has provided explanation on the death of little...
24/Jan/2020
Corona Virus: Lagos Government Alerts Public, Increases Preparedness
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is working with the Federal Ministry of Health and other agencies to...
24/Jan/2020
Airports on Alert as Nigeria Braces for Coronavirus
International airports yesterday went on red alert as they intensified the screening of inbound passengers, following an outbreak of...
24/Jan/2020
‘No Corps Member Was Diagnosed With Lassa Fever in Asaba’
Delta State government has debunked rumours that a cadet of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was diagnosed with...
24/Jan/2020
Ekiti Creates Special Centre for Suspected Lassa Fever Cases
Following the outbreak of Lassa fever in some parts of the country, the Ekiti State government has established a...
24/Jan/2020
Confirmed Cases of Lassa Fever Rise To 81
The number of newly confirmed cases of Lassa fever across the country have increased from 64 in the first...
24/Jan/2020
NHIS Best Way to Achieve Universal Health Coverage, Says SFH
Society for Family Health (SFH) has said that the best way to achieve the highly desired universal health coverage...
24/Jan/2020
Zulum Approves N100m for Borno Workers’ Health Scheme
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the sum of N100 million as counterpart funding to the...
23/Jan/2020
Edo Intensifies Effort in Curbing Spread of Lassa Fever
Edo State Government has disclosed that it has intensified efforts to curb the spread of Lassa fever in the...
23/Jan/2020
WHO Postpones Decision on Declaring Coronavirus as Global Health Emergency
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said physicians need more information and asked the committee which he is leading, which...
23/Jan/2020
Lassa Fever Kills Two, Infects One In Enugu, Delta
The Enugu State Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of Lassa fever at the state University Teaching Hospital,...
23/Jan/2020
FG Warns Nigerians As Novel Coronavirus Spreads Beyond China
The federal government, through the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has issued a red flag to Nigerians on...
23/Jan/2020
NYSC Member not Diagnosed of Lassa Fever
Delta State Government has debunked the rumours making the rounds that a serving member of the National Youth Service...
23/Jan/2020
Lassa Fever: Akeredolu Meets Traditional Rulers in Owo to Curb Scourge
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Wednesday met with traditional rulers in Owo Local Government as part of...
23/Jan/2020
Brain Drain: Beyond Minimum Wage, Give Doctors Welfare Package — NMA
As Nigeria battles with brain drain in the health sector with a ratio of one doctor to 6,000 patients,...
22/Jan/2020
Brain Drain: Protection of doctors’ welfare important — NMA
We had a health summit where we tried to analyse the causes of the problems we have in health...
22/Jan/2020
‘Regular Screening Saves Lives from Cervical Cancer’
The Medical Director of Encee Medical Centre, Victoria Island, Dr Nenoi Umeh has raised alarm over increasing deaths from...
22/Jan/2020
NAFDAC Faults Accusation of Plot to Derail Port Trade Facilitation
NATIONAL Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has debunked claims that it was turning the agency into...
22/Jan/2020
Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms 14 Deaths In 7 States
A total of 82 cases of Lassa fever including 14 deaths have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for...
22/Jan/2020
Ebonyi Teaching Hospital Doctors Go On Strike
The Association of Resident Doctors of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Monday began ...
22/Jan/2020
Five African Varsities to Commence Research on Malaria
A former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko, has said a scientific research on how to...
22/Jan/2020
Health Insurance Vital to Achieving UHC – SFH MD
The Managing Director of the Society for Family Health, Dr Omokhudu Idogho, has said that health insurance is vital...
22/Jan/2020
FG Advises Pregnant, Nursing Mothers on Healthy Living
The Federal Government on Tuesday enjoined beneficiaries of the N5, 000 additional Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to make judicious...
22/Jan/2020
Stakeholders Task Kogi Government on Malaria Control, Other Killer Diseases
Critical stakeholders in the health sector in Kogi State have appealed to the government to assist the Civil Society...
22/Jan/2020
International Nurses Day 2020: Case Study of the Week
Maccabi Healthcare Services is Israel’s second largest and fastest growing Health Maintenance Organisation, providing services to 2.2 million Israeli...
22/Jan/2020
Pharmacist Law against Quacks to Begin April
The Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, Elijah Mohammed, said on Tuesday a new law that would checkmate quack pharmacists...
22/Jan/2020
Plateau Pays N126m Counterpart Fund for Mosquito Nets
The Plateau State Government says it has paid N126m as its counterpart contribution for the free distribution of 2.5...
22/Jan/2020
Germany Okays Nigeria Polio Eradication Claim — WHO
The World Health Organisation said on Monday that the German government had expressed satisfaction with the progress of polio...
22/Jan/2020
Lagos LG Chair Dies at LASUTH
The Chairman of the Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area in Lagos State, Abulfatai Oyesanya, aka Oyesco, is dead. The...
22/Jan/2020
Treat Coronavirus Like Ebola, NMA Tells FG
The Nigeria Medical Association has called on the Federal Government to treat the deadly coronavirus like the Ebola virus...
22/Jan/2020
Mysterious Virus in China Calls for Global Concern
Chinese health authorities have not been able to identify a mysterious strain of pneumonia that has infected dozens of...
22/Jan/2020
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