By Folasade Akpan The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria, says it has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states as support to the Federal Government to help combat the outbreak. A statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, by UNICEF’s Communication Assistant, Nchekwube Nwosu-Igbo, said thatContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Federal Government has called on the global oncology community to support it in closing cancer health disparity in the country and other Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). The Director-General, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Prof. Usman Aliyu, made the callContinue Reading
By Olatunde Ajayi The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday sensitised producers and marketers of its new online products and company registrations. The Oyo State Coordinator, NAFDAC, Matthew Adeoye, said during a stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan that NAFDAC Automated Products Administration andContinue Reading
By Dorcas Elusogbon The Governor of Osun, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday in Ile-Ife joined in advising Nigerians that early detection of cancer saves life. Adeleke gave the advice while declaring open a three-day symposium commemorating the 10th anniversary of the African Research Group for Oncology (ARGO). The event wasContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Mr Akinbode Oluwafemi, Chairman Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), has called on the Federal Government to ensure proper funding for tobacco control in the country. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a press briefing on tobacco control and budgeting. TheContinue Reading
By Yakubu Uba The Borno Commissioner for Health, Prof. Baba Gana, says only 6.7 per cent of married women in the state are using modern contraceptive methods. Gana made this known on Tuesday in Maiduguri while speaking at an event to commemorate 2023 World Contraceptive Day (WCD). Continue Reading
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd., on Tuesday inaugurated the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in Idumagbo and Oyingbo communities in Lagos State, aimed at ending open defecation by 2025. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project is one of the social development initiativesContinue Reading
By Doris Esa The Federal Government says, it has taken steps to eliminate Dog – mediated Human rabies in the Nigeria environs by 2030. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, stated this at a joint ministerial news conference to commemorate the World Rabies Day on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Justina Auta An international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sightsavers Nigeria has called for inclusive sexual health and improved access to family planning services for People with Disabilities (PWDs). Ms Joy Tarbo, Communications Associate, Sightsavers, made the call in a statement in Abuja in commemoration of the World Contraception Day celebratedContinue Reading
By Augusta Uchediunor The Lagos State Government says it is intensifying strategies to revitalise and position the Primary Healthcare platform as the touch point for communities. Abayomi spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the Association of Medical Officers of Health inContinue Reading
