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Ned Nwoko emphasises increased investment in health sector

Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta) has emphasised the need for increased investment in the health sector to give Nigerians the best healthcare services. He made the...

NCDC activates Lassa Fever emergency operations centre

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has activated a multi-partner, multi-sectoral Incident Management System to coordinate response efforts at all levels...

UNICEF tasks Kano, Jigawa, Katsina on improved primary healthcare

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has urged the Kano, Jigawa and Katsina State Governments to take steps towards strengthening primary healthcare system in...

Court upholds election of community pharmacists union in Kwara

A High Court in Ilorin on Thursday upheld the 2023 elections of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Kwara branch. In his judgment, Justice...

NHIS, best practice to reduce students pocket expenditure — Official

The Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) says the state’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) extended to students in tertiary institutions will have reduction...

Polio variant: Sokoto Govt, UNICEF engage stakeholders on tackling vaccine rejection

The Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SSPHCDA) and the UNICEF have engaged traditional rulers, Council Chairmen and other local government stakeholders’ on addressing...

FG calls for strategy overhaul to combat malaria scourge

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has called for a review of the country’s strategies to combat the...

Lassa fever kills 14 in Ebonyi  

The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that Lassa fever had claimed 14 lives in the state. Dr Hyacinth Ebenyi, the Director of...

UNICEF says 25% WASH investments lost to poor operation, maintenance

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that 25 per cent of annual investments in Nigeria’s water and sanitation sector were compromised due to...

Expand NHIS to stem growth of hearing loss in Nigeria, Don urges FG

A professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, has called for the expansion of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to stem the growth of hearing...

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