ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 22, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),says the country’s COVID-19 cases have jumped to 251,930 after the centre announced 236 new infections on Friday. The agency said this via its website on Saturday morning, that the daily rise in new coronavirus infections had beenContinue Reading
ShareBy Flowerbud News Jan. 20, 2022 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it registered about 400 regulated products in 2021. The state Coordinator, Mr Nasiru Mato, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday. Mato saidContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 17, 2022 The Nasarawa State Government, in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) with funding from the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (U.S.-PMI) is set to distribute 2,060,000 insecticide treated nets to check spread of malaria. The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health, Mr AhmedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 14, 2022 The Commander, Sector 3 Artillery Brigade, Monguno, Brig.-Gen. Johnson Lar, has donated drugs and medical equipment to Monguno General Hospital in Borno. A statement from Maj. Ojo Adenegan, Acting Deputy, Army Public Relations, Headquarters, Sector 3 Operation Hadin Kai, and Multinational Joint Task Force,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 14, 2022 The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, says it has begun biomedical clinical trial of drugs used in treatment of persons tested positive for Coronavirus. Dr Jibrin Yusuf, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, stated this in an interview with the NewsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 13, 2022 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) insists there is no outbreak of Wild Polio Virus in some states of the federation. The NPHCDA said there had not been any new case of the disease in the country since the last case witnessedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 10, 2022 Nurses under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in Lagos State has suspended its three-day warning strike. The State Chairman, Mr Olurotimi Awojide, disclosed this at an emergency Congress Meeting of the association on Monday in Lagos. Awojide saidContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 8, 2022 An ophthalmologist, Dr. Chika Ugagu, says measles is one of the leading causes of childhood blindness in Nigeria and third world countries, based on several researches conducted. Ugagu who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Jos, said thatContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 8, 2022 The Bauchi State Government says it has targeted 2.286 million children for immunisation against polio in the 2022 first round exercise. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, stated this at the inauguration of the exercise on Saturday in Bauchi. MohammedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 8, 2022 The Federal Medical Center (FMC), Yola, in partnership with Manaco Impact Foundation has developed vaccine reminder App (Peadiatric Oncall) designed to promote childhood vaccination. Prof. Auwal Abubakar, Chief Medical Director of the centre, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that theContinue Reading