Mrs Helen Mutfwang, Plateau governor’s wife, has rallied stakeholders and grassroots leaders to ensure the successful rollout of a N1 billion Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign targeting two million children across the state. Mrs Mutfwang said on Wednesday in Jos that there was an urgent need for unified action to protect children from life-threatening diseases. The…
The House of Representatives has tasked the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency with enforcing mandatory diphtheria immunisation across the country. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep. Bitrus Laori (PDP–Adamawa) during plenary on…
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Wednesday urged the public to remain vigilant and continue practicing COVID-19 prevention measures as case numbers are rising in several countries around the world. The advisory, which calls for preventive measures such as wearing face masks in public spaces and avoiding large gatherings, came amid a slight uptick in…
Bayelsa has recorded a 98 per cent coverage in the first round of the 2025 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) programme conducted from the May 3 to May 6. Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, deputy governor of the state, disclosed this during a meeting of the state’s taskforce on immunisation in Yenagoa on Wednesday. He said that…
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said malnutrition rates are rising in Gaza and emergency treatments to counter it are running out. It added that hunger could have a lasting impact on “an entire generation.” Israel has blockaded supplies into the enclave since early March, when it resumed its devastating military campaign against Hamas, and…
The Kebbi Government, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) are into partnership to improve the state’s health indices, especially primary healthcare and community system. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Yunusa Musa-Ismail, made this known at a two-day engagement meeting on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that the global nursing workforce has increased, growing from 27.9 million in 2018 to 29.8 million in 2023. However, WHO also raised concerns about significant disparities in the availability of nurses across different regions. In a statement released on Monday, WHO highlighted the findings from its State of…
The Nigeria Red Cross, in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has assisted 7,300 women-led households in Gusau, Shinkafi, and Tsafe Local Government Areas of Zamfara State. Speaking during a distribution event in Gusau on Monday, Secretary General of the Nigeria Red Cross, Abubakar Kyande, said the intervention aimed to relieve…
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has procured for the first time, a first-line HIV treatment manufactured in Africa. The life-saving antiretroviral drugs were produced by a Kenyan pharmaceutical company and recently delivered to Mozambique. Ms. Hui Yang, Head of Supply Operations at the Global Fund, made this known in a statement…
Paediatricians have dispelled common misconceptions about childhood cancer, including the belief that it is contagious and a death sentence. The paediatricians in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Osogbo, said that the society lacked adequate knowledge of cancer, especially in children. Dr Oyetoke Oderanti, Consultant Paediatrician, Osun State University…
