Share By Aluta News November 30, 2021 Engineer Sule commissions 10-bed ward built by Chinese mining company in Udege-Mbeki ….urges other mining companies to emulate gesture Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has commissioned newly constructed 10-bed ward built by the Kenyang Mining Company, at the Udege-Mbeki Primary Healthcare Centre.Continue Reading
Share By Gambo Jagindi November 26, 2021 Nasarawa flags off mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 …WHO Country Director, UNICEF Chief of Health in attendance Nasarawa State Government has flagged off the mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, aimed at rapidly increasing the number of fully vaccinated residents of the state. NasarawaContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 25, 2021 As the world rounds off the commemoration of the 2021 Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), has called for legislation to regulate the use of antibiotics in the country. Dr Temitope Adetiba, Senior Programme Officer, IHVN, made the call inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 23, 2021 The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says the 200 million dollars loan request is Nigeria’s counterpart fund to complement a global malaria action plan to combat malaria in the country. Ehanire said this at the Bi-Weekly National Briefing on COVID-19, Cholera, Health Promotion and otherContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 16, 2021 The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said the partial or full vaccination against the dreaded COVID-19 is not enough reason to drop non pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) guard, or a guarantee against infection. Ehanire said this on Monday in Abuja, at the nationalContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 16, 2021 The Federal Government expended over N639 million on execution of viable infrastructure development projects at the Federal Medical Centre Birninkudu in Jigawa, Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has disclosed. This is contained in a statement by Mr Bede Anyanwu, FRC’s Head of Strategic Communication Directorate,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 15, 2021 The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it is targeting 1,000 patients for free medical treatment at Dumurkol District in Mai’adua Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. The NYSC Coordinator in Katsina, Alhaji Ahidjo Yahaya, disclosed this while inaugurating the exercise on MondayContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 10, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more Nigerians know about COVID-19 than Tuberculosis (TB) in spite of the fact that TB has been in the country for about 129 years. Dr Amos Omoniyi, WHO’s National Professional Officer (NPO) TB/HIV, Nigeria Country Office, said thisContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 4, 2021 The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed a warehouse and arrested the owner over alleged unguarded sales of harmful chemicals. The Kano State Coordinator of the agency, Mr Shaba Muhammed, told journalists that the deadly chemicals includedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Nov. 01, 2021 The Senate has urged Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health to reappear on Tuesday to present his ministry’s score card for 2021 and the 2022 budget. Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe,the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, said this when the Minister appeared before the committeeContinue Reading