By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has ordered free medical treatment for casualties from a three-storey building that collapsed in Abuja on Saturday, leaving five people dead. Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary, FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat disclosed this when sheContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Health experts have called for free treatment programmes, stronger policies and improved funding to address the growing burden of hypertension in Nigeria across all population groups nationwide. The experts made the call during an interview and panel discussion on hypertension burden and control efforts organisedContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday inaugurated nine priority projects under the Abuja City Cancer Programme to strengthen prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer across the city. At the inauguration, Mandate Secretary, FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, said the initiative marked aContinue Reading
By Stephen Adeleye The Kogi Ministry of Health’s Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) Programme, in collaboration with Sightsavers, has inaugurated the 2025 Mass Administration of Medicines (MAM) for Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) prevention in the state. The mass medicine distribution aimed at preventing river blindness will cover all 3,200 communities in theContinue Reading
Mrs Mernan Oluyede, President, Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), has called for urgent action to expand access to cancer care and eliminate barriers preventing timely diagnosis and treatment.Continue Reading
By Justina Auta The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says information on social media regarding the withdrawal of subsidy for Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs is false. Dr Temitope Ilori, Director-General, NACA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ilori said that the claim that ARV drugs willContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory has successfully placed 61,384 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) on treatment. Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCT Administration, stated this in Abuja on Monday, at a press conference to commemorate the 2024 World AIDS Day. Fasawe said thatContinue Reading
