[ad_1] The start of a new year comes with fresh expectations, hopes, and dreams. In 2018, Nigeria Health Watch hosted its inaugural Future of Health Conference with the theme “Defining the Health Sector of Our Dreams in Nigeria.” The newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari had just been sworn in to begin his first four-year term….
[ad_1] Nine persons have died from cholera outbreak in Akpoha community, Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi State. Many others from the area have been hospitalised and are receiving treatment in various hospitals in the state. Officials reports puts the number of those hospitalised at 30 but residents say the number may be higher….
[ad_1] By MOSES HAVYARIMANA Burundi has declared a cholera outbreak in the commercial capital Bujumbura, the Health minister Sylvie Nzeyimana announced Sunday evening, noting that at least nine cases had been recorded. “On the samples taken and sent to the INSP (National Public Health Institute) Laboratory for analysis, the results released on 31/12/2022 confirmed the…
[ad_1] Kristalina Georgieva, managing director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), has warned that a third of the global economy will face recession this year. Georgieva spoke in an interview with CBS, an American broadcast television and radio network, on Sunday. She said economic activities in the United States, the European Union, and China are all slowing…
[ad_1] Companies Kenyattas gain Sh3.1bn in a year as NCBA surges to top Monday January 02 2023 NCBA branch in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG The Kenyatta family has gained Sh3.12 billion in one year from their ownership of NCBA Group after the top tier lender defied the stock market crash to emerge the best…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro In this report, LARA ADEJORO highlights the events that shaped the health sector in 2022 as experts set the agenda for 2023 From a decline in cases of COVID-19 to reemerging disease outbreaks, signing the health insurance bill into law and a massive brain drain, the health sector has witnessed many ups…
[ad_1] Economy Kenya growth slows for the fifth consecutive quarter Monday January 02 2023 A trader at Muthurwa market counts money after the day’s sale. Expansion in economic activity slowed by nearly half to 4.7 percent in the third quarter ended September 2022. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kenya’s economic growth slowed for the fifth consecutive…
[ad_1] Around a dozen countries have slapped fresh travel regulations on travellers from China, as the world’s most populous nation faces a surge in Covid cases following its decision to relax strict virus restrictions. Here is a run-down of the countries that have imposed mandatory COVID-19 tests and other rules on arrivals from China: –…
[ad_1] Women affairs minister Pauline Tallen says President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime would sustain the giving of rewards to every first baby of the year and monitor their development. The minister stated this on Sunday while welcoming the first baby of 2023, a baby boy named Chimemla Testimony Uchenna, at the Kubwa General Hospital in Abuja….
[ad_1] Matthew Ochei A private facility, Unique Health Medical Centre, Warri, Delta State, has been accused of seizing a newborn over a bill of N383,500. PUNCH Metro gathered that a woman, Mrs. Akpesiri Ojiko, was delivered of twins on November 17, 2022, at the General Hospital, Warri. It was learnt that one of the babies was…
