ShareBy Aluta News April 25, 2022 Kano State Government is targetting 3,193,002 million children between 0-59 months for malaria chemoprevention in July 2022, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, said. He made this known on Monday at a news conference to commemorate the 2022 World Malaria Day (WMD) inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 25, 2022 Nigeria recorded more than 100,000 suspected cases of cholera in 2021, its highest in recent times, the WHO declared in Abuja on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had said earlier in the year that Nigeria recorded 111,062 cases of cholera in 2021Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 20, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to submit a progress report by the end of May 2022 on the indigenous production of vaccines in the country. The president gave the order on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 11, 2022 The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Adeleke Mamora, has pleaded with the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), to slash product listing cost for traditional medicines, with a view to improving access to Universal Health Coverages (UHC) in Nigeria. MamoraContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mar. 30, 2022 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the World Health Organisation (WHO) has upgraded the agency to maturity level three (3) in drug regulations and others. The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at a news conference onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mar. 24, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic presents a huge threat to Nigeria where millions are vulnerable due to tuberculosis, HIV and malnutrition. Despite recent advances in the diagnosis of Childhood TB, especially the use of stool, the country currently has the third highest burden of childhood TBContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mar. 24, 2022 Dr Betta Edu, Cross River Commissioner for Health on Thursday in Calabar said the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) globally and in Nigeria in particular remained worrisome. Edu said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as the world commemorates 2022Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mar. 20, 2022 National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in collaboration with Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Saturday began offering free medical services to 5,000 persons in Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Speaking at the commencement of theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mar. 18, 2022 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday destroyed expired and fake drugs worth N50 million in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items were burnt at Kwannawa dump site near old Post Office in Dange-ShuniContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mar. 17, 2022 The Federal Government has set up modeling laboratory and economic intelligence desk at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning (Planning Arm) to test proposed new policies before implementation. The Minister of State, Budget and National planning, Mr Clem Agba, while inaugurating theContinue Reading