ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 6, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), registered 40 Lassa fever-related deaths in January, adding that four health workers were also infected following the latest outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. The NCDC, via its verified website, made this known on Sunday morning,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 1, 2022 The Katsina State Government says that it has in the past six years treated about six million people suffering from various neglected tropical diseases. The Commissioner for Health, Yahaya Nuhu-Danja, disclosed this on Monday in Katsina while briefing newsmen in commemoration of the WorldContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 31, 2022 The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) to encourage more entrepreneurship enterprises to boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Mr Kenneth Azikiwe, the Coordinator of NAFDAC in Kwara, gave the advice on Monday whileContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 28, 2022 A don, Prof. Moyosore Ajao, has said that Black seed oil has the potential to reduce effects of hard drugs on nervous system. Ajao, while delivering the 214th inaugural lecture of University of Ilorin on Friday, listed such hard drugs as cannabis and datura stramodiumContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 28, 2022 Mr Sanusi Ishaku, Data Officer, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Unit, has said that 987,635 persons in five local government councils (LGCs) of Bauchi were treated of various NTDs in the state, in 2021. Sanusi of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA) disclosedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 26, 2022 A study conducted by researchers at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has revealed high death rates among children and adolescents in Africa due to COVID-19. A statement issued on the study in Abuja by IHVN External RelationsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 26, 2022 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has integrated childhood vaccination at COVID-19 vaccination sites for children from 0-23 months. This is to ensure that preventable childhood diseases are not neglected in the face of the response against the COVID-19 pandemic. The ExecutiveContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 26, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 250 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday . The NCDC via its verified website on Wednesday morning also disclosed that seven people were confirmed to haveContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 25, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday logged two Coronavirus-related deaths and 241 additional cases in eight states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC disclosed via it verified website on Tuesday morning that a state in theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 23, 2022 A Urologist has encouraged men to get vaccinated as those affected with COVID-19 are more likely to experience erectile dysfunction. Dr Igbokwe Martin, a Consultant Urologist and Kidney Surgeon, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, identifiedContinue Reading