Health

Nigerian students praised to embrace the anti-male initiative

The initiator of the Geneith Health Competition, Prince Cletus Ilobanafor, and the Sponsor of the Project, Emmanuel Uumenwa, have praised Nigerian students in tertiary institutions for adopting the initiative aimed at combating malaria throughout the country. Students of universities, polytechnics...

FALSIFIED DRUGS The national concern needs the government, the efforts of citizens to control ─ NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared that false drugs and drug abuse are a national concern that needs deliberate and sustained efforts of the government and citizens to control. The zonal director of...

Money, not infertility, the reason for birth rates collapse worldwide – UNFPA

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA), in its new report, revealed that millions of people are denied the freedom to begin families due to high life expenses, conflicts and lack of compatible partners, not because they reject paternity. UNFPA, in its...

FG distributes 10,000 professional kits to midwives in the southeast

The Federal Government has distributed 10,000 professional kits to midwives from the southeast region as part of the efforts to promote the provision of maternal and child medical care in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare,...

NMA wants an urgent and coordinated action against diphtheria, dengue in Edo

The president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo State Branch, Dr. Eustace Oseghale, has described the diseases of diphtheria and dengue as serious threats to public health that require urgent and coordinated actions. Tribune Online reports that the EDO...

The Cross River agency moves to transform health insurance systems, address maternity

The Health Insurance Agency of the State of Cross River (CRSHIA) is ready to address systemic health gaps, particularly maternal and infant mortality, through a two -day capacity construction workshop for the Governing Board and management staff in Calabar. The...

Ebonyi Gov's wife builds houses for widows, enrolls 4,078 women in health insurance

In an attempt to reduce maternal and child mortality in the state of Ebonyi, the wife of the state governor, Chief Mary-Maudaline Nwifuru, has registered 4,078 pregnant women and 600 babies from 0 to 5 years in the state...

Edo Govt assures professionals of traditional medicine of effective collaboration

The Government of the State of Edo has assured professionals of traditional medicine in the state of their fruitful collaboration to provide qualitative health services to people. Speaking at the interested party meeting of the Traditional Medicine Board of the...

FG launches an association to eliminate cervical cancer by 2030

The federal government has launched an association to eliminate cervical cancer in Nigeria, to achieve the objectives of the World Health Organization (WHO) 90-70-90 by 2030. The Association for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer in Nigeria (Peccin) was launched in...

Aiyedatiwa presents the improved pharmaceutical grade drug store in Ondo.

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, from the State of Ondo, has reformulated that health remains a priority of its administration, saying that access to safe, quality and affordable medicines is a fundamental part of the government's commitment to build a healthier...

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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...