The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has closed three schools of nursing and midwifery and two other health-training institutions
The directive was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Hadiza Mustapha Namadi,...
The Federal Government has revealed plans to equip every secondary and tertiary hospital in the country with an isolation centre and a 10-bed intensive care unit.
This development was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire.
Ehanire also stated...
President of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna has declared that the Federal Government should focus on appointing non-medical professionals to head the ministry of health and tertiary institutions.
The NUAHP president’s scathing remark was in...
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has disclosed that Nigeria has recorded a 35 per cent reduction in HIV/AIDS-related death between 2010 and 2019.
According to the agency, about an estimated 13,017,097 people have been tested, counselled and...
The Federal Government on Monday expressed concerns that the transmission of COVID-19 is putting intense pressure on health workers and intensive care units in various hospitals across the country.
It also warned that the decision arrived at by the nation’s...
As the second wave of COVID-19 rages on, the National Association of Resident Doctors says 725 physicians have so far been infected with COVID-19 while managing patients in several treatment facilities across the country.
NARD President, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi further...
Borno commissioner of health, Prof. Isa Marte Hussaini has declared that the state’s free dialysis initiative aimed at encouraging patients with a renal-related challenge to present early gulps of about N10m per month.
The professor of pharmacology also revealed that...
Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof Wasiu Adeyemo disclosed that at the height of COVID-19 first wave, the federal tertiary facility was admitting no fewer than 96 patients with the respiratory challenge.
Adeyemo made the statement during...
The United Kingdom has recorded a disturbing 33 new COVID-19 mutation which was first detected in Nigeria around December 2020.
According to The Mirror, Public Health England announced the findings of 38 cases as a ‘variant under investigation’ amid worrying...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has threatened to seal any erring packaged water producers that do not comply with its regulatory requirements.
The agency disclosed that the development was in line with Good Manufacturing Practice...
