NCDC ALERTS ON CHOLERA OUTBREAK AS NIGERIA RECORDS 30 DEATHS, 1,141 SUSPECTED CASES
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted on increasing cholera cases nationwide, with 30 deaths, 1,141 suspected cases, and 65 confirmed...
LAGOS GOVT CALLS FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST CHOLERA OUTBREAK
Lagos State Government has issued a call for heightened vigilance and the adoption of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of a potential cholera outbreak...
NATIONWIDE STRIKE: YOBE NMA DEFIES NLC/TUC DIRECTIVES, ATTENDS TO PATIENTS
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) chapter in Yobe State has disregarded the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) orders to go on...
‘SNIPER CAUSES CANCER, DEATHS’, NAFDAC WARNS AGAINST USE FOR FOOD PRESERVATION
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has once again warned Nigerians regarding the risky habit of utilizing dangerous chemicals to preserve...
NAFDAC SEALS RICE FACTORY IN NIGER
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut down on a private rice factory in Niger State over unhygienic practice. ...
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...