Nigeria COVID-19 cases has jumped to 30,249 cases as it recorded 460 cases on Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on on its official twitter handle . The NCDC said that as at July 8 new confirmed cases was 460 with 15 deaths recorded, while no new state had reported a case in the last 24 […]Read More
The permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Health (FOMH), Mr. Abdulaziz Mashi, has said that the federal government invests over $180 million annually to support healthcare across the country. Mashi disclosed this during the national workshop on Training of Trainers (ToT), with theme: ‘Value for Money and Operational Planning’ organised by the World Health Organization (WHO), […]Read More
Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has blamed the deplorable state of tertiary health institutions in the country on the inability of state governors to fund basic primary and secondary health facilities under their respective care. Adewole, who stated this at the Senate plenary on Tuesday, said state governments had “literally abandoned” health care. He […]Read More
Technical Advisor, Policy and Advocacy, Alive & Thrive, Mrs Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, says if 90 per cent of mothers can practice exclusively breastfeeding, not less than 13 per cent of infant mortality can be prevented. Adewale-Gabriel said this at the forum on “Media Coverage of the 2019 General Elections” organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists […]Read More
Stakeholders in the food sector have called for safer food for animals as the well being of man depends directly on animal health and the environment. The stakeholders noted that animals raised in confinement and fed defined feeds containing ingredients ranging from rendered animal products and animal waste to antibiotics could expose consumers to unacceptable […]Read More
As part of activities to commemorate 2019 World Glaucoma Day, the Lagos State Ministry of Health in partnership with some Eye Care Partners has organised a public lecture to create necessary awareness and educate citizens about Glaucoma and other preventable blinding conditions. The public lecture with the theme “Beat invisible Glaucoma” will hold on Wednesday […]Read More
A sharp increase in the rate of obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned Monday. In a sweeping study covering two-thirds of the US population, they showed that half a dozen cancers for which obesity is a known risk factor […]Read More
The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Kamshak Kuden, said on Sunday that the Lassa fever outbreak that hit the state had killed five persons while 17 others that tested positive for the disease had been quarantined. Four persons, including a soldier, were reported dead while 16 others tested positive for the disease in the […]Read More
Following the confirmation at least 60 cases of Lassa fever, the Federal Government has raised the alarm and activated emergency response centres. The government’s action signals the official declaration of the outbreak of the disease. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said in a statement there had been […]Read More
Thirteen new cases of Ebola were confirmed on Wednesday in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo – one of the highest daily counts since the start of the outbreak in July, the health ministry said. “It’s pretty exceptional,” health ministry spokeswoman Jessica Ilunga said, commenting on the data published in its daily bulletin on the epidemic. […]Read More
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