FG to deworm 10 million school pupils, says minister

[ad_1] Ten million primary school pupils, enrolled into the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSF), are to be dewormed by the federal government. The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development will conduct the deworming designed to boost the health status of the pupils. Sadiya Umar-Farouq, the minister, made the declaration in Kano…

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6,068 Nigerian doctors move to UK under Buhari

[ad_1] Deborah Tolu-Kolawole No fewer than 6,068 medical doctors moved to the United Kingdom since the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), started in 2015, The PUNCH reports. According to data obtained from the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, the total number of Nigeria-trained doctors who migrated to the UK as of August…

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About 80% of Nigerians patronise traditional medicines –FG

[ad_1] Lara Adejoro  The Federal Government has said that about 80 per cent of Nigeria’s population relies on traditional medicines for their basic health needs.  The Minister of State for Health, Joseph Ekumankama stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 20th African Traditional Medicine Day with the theme ‘Two decades of African Traditional Medicine…

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US confirms first death of patient with monkeypox

[ad_1] Health officials in Texas, United States of America, have confirmed the first death of a “severely immunocompromised” person that was diagnosed with monkeypox. The country’s Department of State Health Services (DSHS) stated on its website Tuesday that the case, which involved an adult resident of Harris County, is under investigation to determine what role…

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