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INFANT MORTALITY: Ogun Commissioner Tasks Intending Couples To Carry Out Test Before Marriage
Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, has advised intending couples to go for screening to determine their blood status before tying the knots to guide against having children with sickle cell in the future.
Dr.…
Buhari Launches 62bn HIV Trust Fund
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a N62 billion trust fund to help Nigeria end AIDS as a public health threat and place more people living with HIV on treatment annually.
Speaking at the launch of the HIV…
APHRODISIACS: NAFDAC Cautions Males Over Indiscriminate Use Of “Manpower “
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Sunday warned that consumption and indiscriminate use of sexual performance enhancing substances popularly known as "manpower," could lead to stroke, organ…
Gov. Emmanuel Solicits Production Of Medical Consumables In Akwa Ibom
Governor Udom Emmanuel wants foreign companies to set up their production plants in Akwa Ibom State to localise the production of medical consumables.
Governor Emmanuel made the advocacy while receiving a donation of medical…
COVID-19: LASG Increases Public-Private Vaccination Sites To 360 , Engages 135 Health Facilities
No fewer than 135 private health facilities have been enrolled into the Lagos State Government's mass vaccination strategy programme targeted at vaccinating four million residents by December 2021. This brings to 360, the number of public…
Kwara Flags Off Covid-19 Mass Vaccination
Kwara State Government on Tuesday, flagged off mass vaccination of residents of the state against COVID-19 virus.
The mass vaccination campaign signaled government’s renewed commitment to protect the people against the effects…
TRIBUNAL COURT: Oyo Govt Fines 60 Persons For Violation Of Sanitation Laws
The Oyo State Environmental Tribunal court, today, fined not less than 60 persons for flouting the state’s Environmental sanitation laws during the week exercise along Bodija, Iwo-road, Beere, Sapati, Elewi-Odo, Ojoo, Gate, Oke-bola, and…
Extortion: Zulum Summons Commissioner , As Health Officials Collect N10,000 For Free Medical Services
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday disguised his convoy and visited some Government healthcare centres unannounced, during which he found some officials collecting between N8,000 to N10,000 from patients, whereas the…
Fourth Wave Of Covid-19 Imminent, As LASG Launches Mass Vaccination Programme, Target 4 Million Residents
There is possibility of the fourth wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the Yuletide approaches, Lagos State Government declared on Wednesday.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, however, launched a mass vaccination campaign as part of…
Borno Inaugurates 13- Member Cholera Response Committee
The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Hon. Umar Usman has inaugurated a 13 member response committee for the control of cholera outbreak in the State.
Inaugurating the Committee in his office at the Government House, the deputy…