The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has waived import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) on critical raw materials essential for pharmaceutical production for a period of two years. Its Spokesperson, Abdullahi Maiwada, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Maiwada explained that the waiver aligned with the Presidential directives to enhance local…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has unveiled new guidance to help countries reform and strengthen their mental health policies and systems. In a statement released on Wednesday, WHO highlighted that mental health services worldwide remain underfunded, with significant gaps in both access and quality of care. The statement noted that, in some countries, up to…
The First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has directed Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, to oversee the establishment of a Primary Healthcare Centre in Sauka, FCT. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Secretary, Bola Ajao, on Wednesday highlighted that the initiative aimed to strengthen healthcare…
The Enugu State Government has designated 549 health facilities for free malaria treatment across the state. Dr Ifeoma Otiji, the Coordinator of the Enugu State Malaria Elimination Programme, made this announcement during the Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilisation (ACSM) Core-Group Quarterly Meeting on Tuesday in Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
As the world observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, international NGO AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has called for stronger commitment, increased funding, and expanded access to TB services. Dr Echey Ijezie, AHF Nigeria Country Programme Director (CPD), made the call in a statement on Monday in Abuja, in commemoration of the event marked every March…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called on countries to take “urgent and decisive action” to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific said in its press release on World TB Day, falling on March 24 every year. “This is especially urgent in the WHO Western Pacific region,…
Singapore Ministry of Health announced that the country recorded 1,156 new cases of active Tuberculosis in 2024, with an incidence rate of 27.6 cases per 100,000 residents. The ministry announced on Sunday, ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on Monday. According to ministry data, the new cases represent a slight decline from the 1,201 cases reported…
As the world marks World Oral Health Day, the Acting WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has called for greater commitment to tackling oral diseases in the region. With oral health often overlooked, he emphasised its crucial role in overall well-being and the urgent need for stronger policies and interventions. World Oral Health…
Outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in Kebbi has so far, killed no fewer than 56 persons in three Local Government Areas of the state, according to an official. The Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Yunusa Musa-Ismaila, represented by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Shehu Nuhu-Koko, confirmed this during a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday….
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said that rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of millions of birds worldwide and increasingly spilling over into mammals. FAO’s Deputy Director-General Godfrey Magwenzi said this while briefing Member States in Rome on Tuesday. The…
