4.95 MILLION GIRLS VACCINATED AGAINST HPV — MINISTER
As per the statement made by Prof. Muhammad Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, about 4.95 million girls between the ages of...
HEALTH MINISTER WARNS NIGERIANS AGAINST EXCESS CONSUMPTION OF SALT
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has advised Nigerians not to consume excessive amounts of salt and sodium since this...
48 MILLION NIGERIAN CHILDREN NEED DEWORMING AS LAGOS STATE HEALTH MINISTRY TAKES ACTION
The Lagos State Ministry of Health Neglected Tropical Diseases unit will conduct a mass school-based deworming campaign from May 20 to May 24, 2024. This...
UPDATE: ARO PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS REVOLT, PROTEST POOR TREATMENT
Patients in the Ogun state capital's neuropshyatric hospital, Abeokuta, have protested against what they see as inadequate care from the federal government institution situated in...
FORMER MINISTER DALUNG LAMENTS HOW PLATEAU HOSPITAL NEGLECTED HIM FOR HOURS OVER N80,000 DEPOSIT
Solomon Dalung, a former minister of youth and sports, has bemoaned how a hospital in Plateau State refused to treat him because the entry deposit...
KWARA: GOV ABDULRAZAQ PRESENTS 16 AMBULANCES PURCHASED BY LGAs TO PHCs
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has presented 16 vehicles for use in primary healthcare facilities across the state as ambulances, effectively strengthening the...
LASHMA INDUCTS LAGOS SPEAKER, HONOURABLE MEMBERS AS ILERA EKO AMBASSADORS, UHC CHAMPIONS
The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), has inducted the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable (Dr.) Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, the...
LAGOS STATE GOVT LAUNCHES SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME
Lagos State Health District III has unveiled a comprehensive School Health Programme aimed at giving priority attention to the health and well-being of young learners...
SICKLE CELL: MAKE GENOTYPE TESTING COMPULSORY FOR NEWBORNS, FOUNDATION URGES FG
Dr. Ngozika Orjioke, a Nigerian-American critical care and pulmonary care physician, has called on the Federal Government to enact a law that will make sickle...
UNICEF DONATES SIX AMBULANCE BOATS TO BAYELSA
In order to improve healthcare and emergency response services in riverine communities living in far-flung areas, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated over...