ShareBy Aluta News Mar. 3, 2022 The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has expressed commitment to greater collaboration with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on infectious diseases awareness and quality health services for Nigerians. The Chief Executive Officer of the institute, Dr Patrick Dakum, expressed the organisation’s commitment when he paid aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mar 3, 2022 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged Nigerians to desist from patronising unregistered drugs and other consumables. The Coordinator of the agency in Sokoto State, Mr Garba Adamu, made the call on Thursday during a street sensitisation campaignContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has inaugurated 73 new HILUX vehicles, saloon cars and staff buses to enhance operational efficiency. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, in Abuja on Sunday.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 18, 2022 The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) said on Friday it had concluded all arrangements to provide healthcare cover for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Osun. Mr Hamed Yahaya, the Director of NHIS, Osun Office, made this known during the NHIS enrollment sensitisationContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 14, 2022 NAFDAC said on Monday that it seized various brands of unregistered aphrodisiacs in Kaduna. An aphrodisiac is substance or drug that causes sexual arousal, brings on desire, or increases sexual pleasure or performance. NAFDAC Coordinator in Kaduna State, Mr Nasiru Mato, told the NewsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 13, 2022 A logistics company says it has started the construction of a distribution hub in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River to facilitate medical drone deliveries in the state. Its Country Manager, Mrs Catherine Odiase made the declaration in a statement issued in LagosContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 9, 2022 A Bill for an Act seeking to sanction public officer from seeking medical help abroad with public fund has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The House also placed N500 million fine and seven years imprisonment for any public official who violated theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 8, 2022 The Radiography Registration Board of Nigeria (RRBN) has shutdown 20 illegal medical diagnostic centres in Nasarawa State. Mr Ebere Onwugbuchu, the head of Inspection and Monitoring Unit of the board, disclosed the development at the end of a two-day exercise organized to supervise medicalContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 7, 2022 The Federal Government has taken delivery of two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. The handover of the vaccines was done on Monday at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), National Strategic ColdContinue Reading
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