By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Kwara Government says no fewer than 700,000 children have been targeted to receive the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in the state. Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminat El-Imam, stated this on Monday, while speaking at the inauguration of the 2025 SMC campaign at the Children’s Specialist Hospital,Continue Reading
By Blessing Odega The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), in partnership with Roche, has introduced an 80 per cent subsidy on select cancer medications at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). Dr Ugochi Ozoilo, Assistant Director at the NHIA, said on Monday in Jos that it was the onboarding ofContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Kwara State Government has announced plans to begin free hepatitis screening across all 16 local government areas of the state, as part of efforts to combat the disease and mark the 2025 World Hepatitis Day. Dr Amina El-Imam, the State Commissioner for Health, said this knownContinue Reading
By Ibrahim Kado The Adamawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ADPHCDA) has intensified hepatitis awareness campaigns in rural areas for prevention. Dr Suleiman Bashir, Executive Chairman of the agency stated this to newsmen at a media roundtable in Yola on Monday. Bashir said this year’s World Hepatitis Day’s theme “Let’s breakContinue Reading
By Ibrahim Kado The Federal Ministry of Health is partnering with the Adamawa Government to reduce the rate of mortality through the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Innovation Initiative (MAMII) project. Mr Ogden Ajirioghene of the Monitoring and Evaluation work stream, in the Federal Ministry of Health made this known whileContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu Rotary International District 9127 on Monday conducted free Hepatitis B screening and testing for residents of the Ruga Baze Community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The outreach was held to mark World Hepatitis Day, observed globally on July 28. District Governor, Dame Joy Okoro, said theContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) says its wide-ranging collaborations are strengthening research, enhancing innovation, and unlocking new opportunities across the pharmaceutical value chain. NIPRD’s Director-General, Dr Obi Adigwe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the institute hadContinue Reading
By Racheal Abujah The Rotary Club of Abuja Capital and the New Era Ambassadors held a life-saving outreach for women and children in the Sauka Community, Lugbe, Abuja on Saturday. This is to mark Mother and Child Health Month. Mrs Omoboyewa Enenmoh, President of the Club, said that the outreachContinue Reading
Nefishetu Yakubu No fewer than 40,000 patients across Edo, Delta, Kogi, and Bayelsa States have benefited from the Rural Health Initiatives for Improved Living (RHIFIL) free medical services over the past 16 years. The President of the organisation, Rev. Mrs Josephine Kpere-Daibo, disclosed this during a two-day free medical outreachContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Hajiya Fatima Bago, wife of Niger Governor, on Thursday sensitised the residents on measles rubella vaccine, which would soon be launched in the country in October. The governor’s wife, during the campaign in Minna, said the vaccine would reduce childhood illnesses and maternal deaths. She said thatContinue Reading
