[ad_1] Health Kenya misses Covid jabs target by 4 million doses Friday January 06 2023 A health worker injects a Covid-19 vaccine to a patient in Nyeri town. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG Kenya has missed its Covid-19 vaccination target for 2022 by 4.1 million doses amid an increasing struggle by the Ministry of…
[ad_1] Boss Talk MICHAEL KAMAU: New NHIF chair takes over with pledge to rein in tender cartels Friday January 06 2023 Chair of the National Health Insurance Fund, Michael Kamau. PHOTO | NMG Engineer Michael Kamau left the public service in 2015 under a cloud of allegations that include abuse of office and failure to…
[ad_1] Victor Ayeni The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Prof. Cyril Usifoh, has condemned the murder of a physician, Dr. Uyi Iluobe, in Oghara, Delta State, while he attended to a patient in his hospital. The PSN President made his position known in Lagos on Wednesday, in a condolence message signed by Felix…
[ad_1] The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has banned cash withdrawal from all federal, state and local government accounts. Modibo Tukur, NFIU director-general, spoke to journalists at a conference in Abuja on Thursday. Tukur said the ban would take effect on March 1, 2023. He said the agency will launch investigations against any public officials…
[ad_1] Dayo Oyewo The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the agency would position Nigeria strategically for the manufacturing of vaccines. Adeyeye disclosed this during a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja while highlighting the agency’s strategic goals for the years 2023-2028. The President,…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo The Albinism Association of Nigeria has raised the alarm that many of its members in the country are dying of skin cancer due to a lack of access to preventive measures and treatment. The association while urging the Federal Government to create an inclusive environment for persons with albinism lamented that its…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh The Endocrine and Metabolism Society of Nigeria has alerted Nigerians to the increasing incidence of obesity, noting that the health condition is fast becoming an epidemic in the country. The society, which is affiliated with the International Society of Endocrinology, stated this in a communique issued at the end of its 43rd…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The World Health Organisation, on Wednesday, said China’s recent COVID-19 outbreak is predominantly led by the Omicron subvariants BA.5.2 and BF.7. The WHO disclosed this in a press statement, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH. The organisation said the subvariants account for 97.5 per cent of all local infections. It…
[ad_1] The maternal mortality rate in Nigeria is among the highest in the world, with an estimated 512 deaths per 100,000 live births, even as the country director, Vitamin Angels, Nigeria, Dr Francis Ohanyido has advocated for the roll out of Multiple Micronutrient Supplement (MMS), a formulation of multi vitamin for pregnant women as…
[ad_1] From Abdulrazaq Mungadi, Gombe Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has assured that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will run a government that encourages industrialisation and socio-economic development if elected in the upcoming general election. According to the governor, Tinubu and his running mate Mr…
