ShareBy Aluta News Aug 29, 2021 The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has thrown its weight behind the ongoing nationwide strike, embarked on by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). In a statement jointly signed by its President, Prof. Innocent Ujah, and Secretary-General, Dr Philips Ekpe, the NMA said theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 29, 2021 The All Progressives Congress-controlled states have agreed to allocate and release 15 per cent of their annual budgets to health sector to improve maternal and child healthcare service delivery in their states. This was part of the resolutions reached at the end of aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 25, 2021 Members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) Chapter, on Wednesday declared an indefinite strike over non-payment of promotion and skipping allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is the second time in less thanContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 25, 2021 The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Enugu State has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the case instituted against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to bring about amicable resolution. Chairman of NMA Enugu State Branch, Dr Jude Onyia, made the call inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 24, 2021 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said NAFDAC had approved Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine, to step up efforts to battle a third wave of infections in the country. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this on Tuesday, in Abuja, atContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 24, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is to submit a cholera vaccination request to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) and the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (GTFCC). The Director-General NCDC, Dr Chike Ihekweazu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in AbujaContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 22, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 1,064 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as the deadly scourge continued its renewed surge in the populous African nation. The public health centre, in its verified website monitored on Sunday, said that 13 deaths wereContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 22, 2021 The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) presented by the Federal Government. The NARD National President, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door meeting with the federal governmentContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 21, 2021 The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country increased to 15,200, with 304 new cases confirmed in 12 states and the FCT on Aug. 20, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). “Rivers (154), Ekiti (33), Edo (20) FCT (18), OyoContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 20, 2021 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has rolled out a Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) programme in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mrs Chinwe Ezeife, the Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF, Kaduna, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading