[ad_1] Aidez Small Project International (ASPI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has identified low coverage of testing and treatment as gaps that must be addressed to achieve the Hepatitis Global Elimination Goal by 2030. The President and Chief Executive Officer of ASPI, Mr Moses Owharo, made the assertion on Wednesday in Abuja during a sensitisation/medical outreach on…
[ad_1] Profiles Steve Gitau: The boss without a title Friday July 29 2022 AMREF Flying Doctors Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gitau at his Wilson office on July 28, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG It is a paradox of sorts; they all rise to their feet when he walks into a room, but call…
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation has for the first time issued concrete recommendations about sexual behaviour for those most at risk, because of increasing monkeypox cases in many countries. According to WHO figures on Wednesday, some 98 per cent of the reported cases involved men who have sexual contact with multiple other men. The WHO…
[ad_1] Peter Elijah was a senior secondary school 3 student when he was knocked unconscious by a hit-and-run driver while returning from school in 2018. The incident occurred in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria’s south-south region. A few hours later, he woke up to doctors battling to save his life. His left leg was fractured…
[ad_1] …puts national access to water at 64% The Presidency has disclosed that 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have benefitted the sum of N24.450 billion from the Conditional Grant Schemes as incentives to invest more of their resources into areas of national development priorities in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)/Sustainable Development Goals…
[ad_1] Companies 680 Hotel sold to Maanzoni in Sh1.2bn deal Friday July 29 2022 Six Eighty Hotel Nairobi along Muindi Mbingu Street on July 28, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG The billionaire owner of 680 Hotel in Nairobi’s city centre has sold the three star-facility to Machakos-based Maanzoni lodges for an estimated Sh1.2 billion, underlining…
[ad_1] The China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development (CFHRD) have held the 2022 Beijing Forum on Human Rights on July 26th. About 200 senior officials, researchers and diplomats from nearly 70 countries and international organizations such as United Nations attended the event and exchanged views on…
[ad_1] Solomon Odeniyi The Federal Government said plans to commence the Universal Health Coverage which would provide affordable and accessible health care to 83 million vulnerable Nigerians. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this when the delegation from the World Health Organisation led by its Country Representative, Dr. Walter Mulombo…
[ad_1] Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has said that 18,429 persons have tested positive for hepatitis in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Ahmed Yahaya, revealed this at a press briefing to commemorate the 2022 World Hepatitis Day, yesterday, in Lafia. According to him, 181,946 persons have so far been screened while 4,160 assessed for…
[ad_1] From From Magnus Eze, Enugu Worker under the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu, have uncovered plot by some disgruntled members of staff allegedly working with interests from outside to destabilise the health institution. JOHESU said the peaceful atmosphere enjoyed in the hospital for three years, since the coming…
