•Umeh For eight years, Nancy Umeh and her husband waited. They hoped, tried, and prayed for a child. But what should have been a journey into parenthood became a cycle of heartbreak. Miscarriages followed hopeful moments. Medical consultations led to treatments. Treatments led to more questions. And after years of searching for answers, they a...
•Nigerian Senate Delta North’s Senator Ned Nwoko has said the Red Chamber’s passage of the National Agency for Malaria Elimination Bill is a landmark step in Nigeria’s fight against malaria. He expressed the confidence that the country could henceforth move from managing the disease to eliminating it, reports The Nation. Nwoko, who sponsored t...
•Healthcare workers The federal government has intensified health screening at airports, seaports and land borders as part of efforts to prevent the entry of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) into Nigeria amid an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain in parts of East and Central Africa. The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said there is [&hel...
•Medical doctors The President of the Association of Resident Doctors, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Dr John Omotoso, has decried the poor remuneration of the health workers in the country, demanding that the least-paid doctor should not earn less than N1million per month. Omotoso made the call on Monday while speaking...
•Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Shetima Muhammad At least 39 people have died, while about 4,204 cases of cholera have been recorded across seven local government areas of Borno State. The Incident Manager, Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Dr. Jacob Thlizer, gave the update today during a sensitisation me...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State The Rivers State Ministry of Health says it is seeking to outlaw the sale of tobacco products to minors through a new anti-tobacco bill currently being prepared for transmission to the State House of Assembly. The Ministry said the proposed legislation is designed to restrict access to tobacco by [&h...
•Ebola outbreak Lagos State government, in conjunction with the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), have adopted a stronger approach in ensuring that Nigeria and Nigerians are well protected against the raging Ebola that is rising rapidly in some parts of Africa, especially in Congo, where it has already claimed so many lives. The Mur...
•World Health Organisation Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to ban flavours and additives, including menthol, in tobacco and nicotine products to protect children and young people from addiction. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, made the call in a sta...
•Ebola outbreak The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Rivers and six additional states on high Ebola preparedness alert, after a new risk assessment classified Nigeria’s likelihood of importing the Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease as “high.” In a national public ...
The federal government is considering possible restrictions on flights from countries affected by the Ebola virus, as part of fresh measures to prevent any outbreak in Nigeria. This was disclosed yesterday by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, following a high-level strategic meeting held in Victoria Island, Lagos State, t...
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