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
By Dorcas Elusogbon General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and his wife, Pastor Folu Adeboye, on Thursday donated a dialysis centre to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) Wesley Guild, Ilesa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the facility, donatedContinue Reading
By Opeyemi Gbemiro The Acting Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Kogi Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, Dr Oluseyi Folagbade, has announced the introduction of advanced endoscopic and reconstructive urological surgeries at the facility. Speaking to journalists on Thursday in Lokoja, Folagbade said the initiative was part of the hospital’s efforts to enhanceContinue Reading
