By Fawziyyat Yusuf. Ekiti state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Banji Filani, says the state has aligned its resources to boost primary healthcare infrastructure. Filani said the state had used some of the money mobilized for the COVID-19 response in the state to build up a molecular laboratory and acquire oxygen plants in an interview with the News …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. On Thursday, the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) vowed to assist Nigeria in realizing its Sanitation and Water For All (SWA) objective to improve sanitation and hygiene by 2025. Mr Thomas Banda, the Acting Executive Secretary of the AMCOW, disclosed this in Abuja while receiving members of the Society for Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN). According to …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. The Federal Ministry of Health has received a 13 passenger capacity elevator and UPS equipment valued at approximately N42 million from the Victims Support Fund Taskforce on COVID-19, an NGO. At the project’s launch in Abuja, Mrs Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, the Taskforce’s Chairperson, stated that the activity was part of the Taskforce’s efforts to support the Ministry’s activities. …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is taking steps to educate Nigerians on some of the country’s most pressing public health issues. Some of the several transgressions that have a negative influence on public health and the healthcare delivery system, according to it, include the use of Azo-dyes in palm …

By Aishat Momoh. O. Since the beginning of COVID-19 vaccination in March, 1,783,676 Nigerians have been fully immunized. The number of people who have gotten the first AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines is estimated to be 4,487,367. The results were revealed by Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), during a joint news conference …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has offered to provide equipment to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to help stop the spread of Coronavirus. The assurance was made in a letter addressed to the institution by NCDC Director-General Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu on Aug. 16, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. Harris Healthcare, a Nigerian healthcare company, announced on Monday that it has opened a scientific rehabilitation center to treat the country’s widespread codeine usage. Hadi Al-Mustapha, the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, said in a chat with newsmen in Kano that the rehabilitation center will help to rehabilitate the befuddled future generation from the yoke of the abuse …

Adeniyi Onaara The comic alludes to the gravity of his situation. Chris Rock, an American comedian, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is asking his followers to be vaccinated. On Sunday, September 19, 2021, the comedian announced his symptoms on his Twitter page. “Hey guys, I just found out I had COVID, and believe me, you don’t want this. “Get …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. According to side-by-side numbers, the known death toll from COVID-19 in the United States will surpass the number of deaths from the Spanish Flu within the next few days or so. Medical experts and statisticians agreed that a direct comparison of raw numbers did not tell the whole story. “What is clear is that the sheer numbers, …

By Aishat Momoh. O. One of the initiatives devised by the United Nations (UN) to begin global recovery is free access to Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, particularly in cities that have signed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. What is the state of Lagos, Africa’s most populated megacity, doing with its recovery plan? On Saturday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu detailed how the …