Malaria By Toba Ajayi Dr Oluwatosin Fakayode, the Director of Public Health at the Kwara Ministry of Health, has said that about 60 per cent of malaria cases are linked to environmental factors. Fakayode said this on Tuesday in Ilorin at the Kwara State Malaria Advocacy, Communication and Social MobilisationContinue Reading
By Abiodun Abegunde Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Nigeria Hub Director, National Institute for Health Research Global Surgery Unit (NIHR GSU), says the organisation has transformed surgical research, training and patient care in Nigeria over its 10 years of existence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NIHRContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The National Population Commission (NPC) has urged its newly inaugurated federal commissioners to strengthen preparations for Nigeria’s next population census and improve birth registration nationwide. NPC Chairman, Dr Aminu Yusuf, gave the charge in Abuja during the assumption of office ceremony for seven newly inaugurated federal commissioners.Continue Reading
By Abbas Bamalli The Dahiru Bara’u Mangal Foundation says no fewer than 30,000 vulnerable patients have benefited from its free medical outreach programmes across Katsina State since 2018. A member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Hussaini Kabir, disclosed this at the commencement of a free hernia and hydrocele surgeryContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Nigeria and other West African countries have renewed their commitment to ending Gender-Based Violence (GBV) by empowering male champions and traditional and religious leaders to transform harmful social norms and advance gender equality. The renewed commitment was made at the close-out high-level convening of the Leadership, Engagement,Continue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Registrar of the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria (MRTBN), Dr Yusuf Rufai, has urged government action. Rufai called for stronger rehabilitation financing and expansion of the country’s physiotherapy workforce. He said the measures would improve access to quality rehabilitation services for Nigerians requiring specialised care.Continue Reading
By Osayi Aghahowa The Edo Government has initiated engagement with the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Benin, to strengthen treatment and rehabilitation for mentally ill persons rescued from streets, including deportee Peter Guobadia. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Eugenia Abdallah, said the initiative formed part of sustained efforts toContinue Reading
By Lilian U. Okoro The Medserve-LUTH Cancer Centre (MLCC) has been named the “Most Outstanding Oncology Centre in Nigeria” for the fourth consecutive year. In a statement on Sunday in Lagos, the hospital said the award was given at the 12th Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) on JuneContinue Reading
By Hafsah Tilde The Federal Government says Nigeria’s re-election to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will strengthen reforms advancing women’s rights, gender equality and inclusive national development nationwide effectively. Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said this on Saturday inContinue Reading
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus The Kwara Government in collaboration with development partners have intensified advocacy for the integration of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights services with communicable disease interventions across communities in Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme, under the Advancing Integrated Health Services DeliveryContinue Reading
