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Mpox: FG to begin vaccination October 8

31 August 2024

The Head of the Public Relations Unit at the NPHCDA, Remi Adeleke, who disclosed this also stated that the vaccine deployment will begin from October 3 to 6, 2024. Adeleke said the date for vaccine deployment based on the current chronogram is from October 3 to 6, 2024, time to align with the three to […]

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FG Okays 50% Electricity Subsidy for Public Hospitals

30 August 2024

Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, announced this at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna State. The minister commissioned the Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex and the solarisation project at the dialysis unit, which includes a solar-powered borehole and a 10.2 […]

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UNICEF calls for urgent action on child malnutrition in Northeast

29 August 2024

 In a poignant address at the Child Malnutrition Media Dialogue in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, UNICEF Chief of Borno Field Office, Tushar Rane,  highlighted the escalating severity of child malnutrition in the region.  The event, held in commemoration of the World Humanitarian Day under the theme #ACTForHumanity, aimed to mobilise media partners and stakeholders […]

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Call off warning strike, FG urges resident doctors

29 August 2024

The Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, made the call in Kaduna during a visit to the National Eye Centre. According to Alausa, negotiations are ongoing to ensure the safety of their kidnapped colleague, Ganiyat Popoola. The minister said the Federal Government and security agencies were working hard to rescue Popoola. The minister said […]

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US Donates 10,000 Mpox Vaccines To Nigeria, Vaccination Set To Begin This Week

28 August 2024

Mpox disease has been declared a matter of global health concern by the World Health Organisation ,WHO, with countries in the East African region accounting for most of the casualties. Also, as part of the efforts of the present administration to expand the healthcare value chain in the country, the federal government has given the […]

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Resident Doctors Declare 7-Day Warning Strike

26 August 2024

The resident doctors strike is to clamour for the release of its kidnapped member, Ganiyat Popoola, who has been in captivity for over 8 months. NARD President, Dele Abdullahi, who said this in a statement, noted that the strike will begin Monday, August 26, 2024, at 12am. Abdullahi disclosed that the decision was made during […]

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Persons with HIV at higher Mpox risk– NACA DG

25 August 2024

The Director General of NACA, Temitope Ilori, said this in a statement, signed by the agency’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Toyin Aderibigbe. Ilori emphasised the heightened risk faced by people living with HIV, stating, while anyone can contract Mpox, individuals with compromised immune systems, such as those living with HIV, may experience more […]

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Mpox cases hit 830, 40 confirmed

24 August 2024

In response to a 160% increase in Mpox cases this year, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC has declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security, PHECS. The World Health Organisation, WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Walter Mulombo, announced that Nigeria will receive doses of the Mpox vaccine as a […]

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Strengthen surveillance against mpox, NMA tells C’River

23 August 2024

The Cross River chapter of the association also warned that the state was more vulnerable than others. The Public Relations Officer of the NMA, Ukam Edadi, made the call in an interview with mewsmen in Calabar. Reports say  that the mpox virus, which initially broke out in Central Africa, has since spread to several West […]

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NAFDAC mops up fake Milo drink in Bauchi market

21 August 2024

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, Bauchi State office has begun a three-day exercise in markets in Bauchi State to Bauchi markets to mop up fake Milo chocolate drinks in circulation. The Bauchi State Coordinator of NAFDAC, Dr Paul Kamai made this known in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi. Kamai […]

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