Nigeria may save about N2.649 trillion within a period of 10 years if it judiciously follows its vaccination programmes across the country, the Director, Alliances and Information, International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the John Hopk...
The Chairman, Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Edamisan Temiye, says that one million Nigerians live with haemophilia, a genetic bleeding disorder arising from faulty clotting mechanism. Temiye made the statement on Tuesday i...
The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has called on the private sector to partner with government to improve the health of the less privileged in the society. Jonathan said this at a dinner for international partners, vaccine man...
To check capital flight, the federal government will soon issue a white paper barring civil servants from travelling abroad for medical treatment. Worried by the trend, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu disclosed yesterday in Abuja tha...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it will prosecute table water producers that fail to meet the best standard practice in their factories. Mr Festus Anumba, the Head of Aba Special Zonal Office, gave this warn...
The three-day warning strike embarked upon by Doctors in the employment of Lagos state to demand for the implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Scale Structure (CONMESS) recorded partial success yesterday as some of the doctors were on dutie...
The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha has banned the open display and transportation of meat in the state. He handed down the directive after an unscheduled inspection of meat vans in Owerri. Governor Okorocha said that the health of ...
A 14-month-old baby and five unidentified adults on Tuesday died in a fatal auto crash which occurred at Alapako village on the Lagos- Ibadan expressway. The Ogere Unit Commander of the FRSC, Mr Abdulrahman Sadeeq, who confirmed the i...
As Nigeria joins the world to celebrate the World Health Day on Saturday, health experts observe that healthcare system in Nigeria is still below the expected level. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Lagos. Dr O...
Doctors in the employment of Lagos State Government under the aegis of the Medical Guild, have resolved to embark on a three-day warning strike from April 11 to 13. The Chairman of the Guild, Dr Olumuyiwa Odusote, made this known at a news conference i...
A Patent Medicine Dealer in Imo, Mr Edward Okere, has appealed to NAFDAC to check the indiscriminate use of fake numbers on drugs sold to the public. Okere made the appeal in Owerri on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He ...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu on Thursday restated Federal Government’s increased commitment towards enhanced healthcare delivery in the country. Chukwu made this known in Abuja at the 67th meeting of the Association of Chief Exe...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has called on all stakeholders to address the challenges faced by autistic children in the country. Chukwu, who made the call at the 2012 World Autism Awareness Day in Abuja on Monday, said that the call ...
Mr Okotn Vincent, a HIV Research Officer, says it may take up to 20 years to get a HIV vaccine due to changes in the virus and the long process and challenges involved in the discovery a vaccine . Vincent, a research officer with Kenya Medical Research...
The Governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has expressed optimism that the polio virus would be totally intercepted and eradicated in Nigeria by the end of the year. This is even as he urged other northern States, governments to work ...