[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government has released a total of N100 billion to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare investors as loans to expand their capital base and boost local production of medicines and medical consumables. The President said this Tuesday in Abuja while receiving the new Executive Members of Nigerian Medical Association…
[ad_1] Kebbi State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency has inaugurated members of a committee that will help drive the implementation of the state’s contributory healthcare scheme. The gateways forum committee members are to help provide quality healthcare services to the people of the state. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr. Ja’afar Muhammad-Augie, while inaugurating the…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo Child health experts have said that only trained and qualified health workers should be allowed to administer injections. According to them, injections should not just be given in any part of the buttocks, warning that injecting somebody on the wrong side of the buttocks, could cause irreversible damage to the nerves. The…
[ad_1] Professor of archaeology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Adisa Ogunfolakan, has frowned at the lack of record keeping of teeth that have been removed by dentists in Nigeria. According to Prof. Ogunfolakan, having a record of removed teeth could help dental care experts proffer solutions to problems associated with teeth in…
[ad_1] A total of 157 confirmed cases and 413 suspected cases of monkeypox have so far been reported from 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) this year. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its situation report Monday, said four deaths were also recorded in Delta, Lagos, Ondo and Akwa Ibom within…
[ad_1] The Nigerian embassy in Mexico has shut down as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19 at the embassy. The Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, Adejare Bello, who disclosed this on Channels Television on Monday, said the majority of the staff were down with the virus. He said the embassy would be closed for seven…
[ad_1] Barely one week after Daily Trust reported about the non commencement of activities at the Muhammadu Buhari Mother and Child Hospital in Makurdi, the Benue State government has formally handed over the facility for operations to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH). The 120-bed hospital was commissioned on March 1st, this year by…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The United Nations Children’s Fund has commended the Kebbi State Government on signing the Child Rights Bill passed by the State House of Assembly into law. The UNICEF also called on the State government to allocate and release adequate resources as well as put in place mechanisms for full implementation of the…
[ad_1] Former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Jolly Nyame, have been released from Kuje correctional facility in Abuja. This is coming three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, 2022. A source from the correctional facility told our correspondent…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo The Nigeria Governors’ Forum and a non-governmental organisation, Save the Children International have urged health workers, professionals, and professional associations to be critical advocates for breastfeeding. The child rights organisation and the Governors’ Forum made the call in a statement they issued to commemorate the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week. They appealed to…
