The Federal Capital Territory has successfully placed 61,384 people living with HIV/AIDS on treatment. Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCT Administration, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, stated this in Abuja yesterday, at a press conference to commemorate the 2024 World AIDS Day. Fasawe said that the day, with the theme, “...
The Executive Secretary of the Yobe State Agency for Control of AIDS (YOSACA), Dr. Jibrin Adamu Damazal, said inadequate funding is one of the most critical challenges in the fight against HIV in the state. Speaking during an event at the Government House in Damaturu to mark World AIDS Day 2024, Dr Damazal revealed that […]
•Governor Abba Yusuf About 30,000 people living with HIV have received free treatment from the Kano State. They got the treatment today as part of events commemorating 2024 World AIDS Day with the Theme Take the Right Path: My Health, My Right, reports Channels TV. Speaking at an interactive session with the media in the […]
A group of young professionals under the banner of Legacy Stars of Ibadan (LSI), an affiliate of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, to investigate the current and past management of the University ...
•Health workers threaten The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, are demanding the Zamfara State Government, to immediately commence the payment of their six-month salary arrears from the adjusted CONHESS or face industrial action. They made the call while briefing jou...
The federal government will commence malaria vaccination in Kebbi and Bayelsa states, today. The exercise marks the introduction of the malaria vaccine in the country. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said the first phase of the malaria vaccine rollout in Nigeria will commence in Kebbi and Bayelsa states. The agency...
•Open defecation The challenges in gaining Open Defecation Free status in Ebonyi State has been identified to include hard-to-change attitude, lack of commitment on the part of government and other stakeholders. One of the respondents who spoke to our correspondent said that though there had been series of enlightenment programmes tailored to ...
Some residents of Lagos State have expressed fear and distrust over the ongoing vaccination in the state even as a senior media practitioner alleged that certain health officials were vaccinating students without the required parental consent. Following a dip in public participation over a period of time, authorities have resorted to obtaining...
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says about 21.3 million people are currently on antiretroviral treatment, raising their life expectancy in the African subregion. This is as the global health body said Botswana (silver tier status) and Namibia (bronze tier status), meanwhile, have both been recognized for notably curbing mother-to-child HIV...
Concerned Nigerians and other development partners have expressed grave concerns over dangers associated with the use of traditional fire cooking which reportedly causes 78,000 deaths on an annual basis across the country. The stakeholders including policymakers, private sector players, researchers, and civil society organisations (CSOs) expre...
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