By Gom Mirian The Cross River government, in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), has unveiled a vaccination campaign against cholera in the Obubra Local Government Area of the state. Recall in 2023, Nigeria reported 723 cases in nine states and Cross River reported the…
[ad_1] The United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care has committed to strengthening Nigeria’s health workforce with a grant worth £2 million. The World Health Organisation (WHO), which disclosed this in a statement Wednesday, hailed the new funding commitment. The statement said the grant would cover a two-year period to support the government of…
Since the Inauguration of President Bola Tinubu, his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been in the ‘market’ shopping for professionals or politicians to man the various ministerial positions. Martins Ifijeh x-rays the antecedents of the possible names that have been thrown up for the Ministry of Health. Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed…
By Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the National Population Commission (NPC) have entered into an agreement to enhance birth registration in Nigeria. A statement jointly issued by the three organisations on Wednesday stated that the partnership was aimed at providing a robust framework within which the…
Kazeem Akolawole One hundred and sixty three people have died from lassa fever in Nigeria in 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said. This was contained in a report posted on the agency’s website. It showed that the number of new confirmed copies decreased from 8 in epi week 20,…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje The World Health Organisation (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Wednesday announced plans to establish a platform that will dramatically increase access to childhood cancer medicines around the world. The organisation made this statement public on its official Twitter handle @WHO. The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje To World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that foodborne illnesses affect 91 million people in Africa yearly. It also added that nutrition and food security are inextricably linked. An estimated 600 million people, almost 1 in 10 people in the world, fall ill after eating contaminated food, resulting in the loss…
[ad_1] The Kwara State Government on Tuesday clarified that teachers and health workers in the state would not enjoy the reduction in workdays announced on Monday to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. The government had reduced workdays in the state from five to three as a form of relief for civil…
Kazeem Akolawole An energy policy development expert, Dr Ayodele Oni, has tasked the Nigerian media on post-subsidy reportage and monitoring for accountability and transparency in the benefit of Nigerians as they continue to react to subsidy removal. Oni, who presented a paper titled ‘Dangote Refinery, Subsidy and the Future of Oil and Gas in Nigeria’,…
By Gom Mirian The joint union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria comprised of drivers who use the platform of e-hailing firms like Bolt and Uber, have declared their intention to commence a nationwide strike today, Wednesday. A statement by the union on Tuesday night made available to Africa Health Report stated that…
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