ShareBy Aluta News June 4, 2023 The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) says its new multipurpose campus will continue to promote evidence-based research. The Chief Executive Officer of IHVN, Nigeria, Dr Patrick Dakum, said this in Abuja while announcing activities to mark the official inauguration of the institute’s state-of-the-artContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 31, 2023 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Nigerians consume wholesome and safe products. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 25, 2023 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raided 15 supermarkets in Minna, sealing one and confiscating many expired commodities. Mr Shaba Mohammed, Director, North Central, disclosed this on Thursday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the exerciseContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 22, 2023 Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa has described as a rare feat the open heart surgeries which the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa, had on 14 indigent pediatric patients suffering from different heart ailments. Sule, in his remarks on Monday after a tour ofContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 21, 2023 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), is seeking collaboration with the Nigeria Custom Services (NCS), Department of State Security and others to promote Nigerian goods abroad. The call for the collaboration is contained in a statement issued to newsmenContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 12, 2023 Health experts at a media training on Tuberculosis (TB) say that unexplained consistent weight loss in children can be as a result of TB. According to them, other signs and symptoms of suggestive of TB in children include failure to thrive or gain weight,Continue Reading
ShareBy Racheal Abuja, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) According to UNICEF nine out of 10 schools in Nigeria have no handwashing facilities for students. This, according to the UN agency, does not augur well for the fight against infectious diseases. UNICEF said in a report that in 2018, only 21 perContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 7, 2023 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is soliciting the cooperation of stakeholders and the general public to rid the country of hazardous pesticides. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this in a Statement issued to newsmen by itsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 5, 2023 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 is declining, following the spike in China after it country lifted restrictions. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, at the 15th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on COVID-19 pandemic onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 5, 2023 The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), has commended the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the prompt intervention on the imported Indomie ‘special chicken flavour’ noodles This is contained in a statement issued by the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer,Continue Reading