Category: Health
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IPC commences training of journalists on investigative Health Care reporting
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, on Monday in Uyo, commenced a two-day training for journalists in the South South on Investigative Health Care reporting. Our correspondent reports that the training is the first in the series of two-day Media Capacity building programmes supported by the US Consulate General, Lagos. Mrs Stella Nwofia, Senior Programme…
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Gov Tambuwal’s wife distributes kits to 100 fistula survivors
Wife of Sokoto Governor, Mariya Tambuwal, on Thursday distributed dignity kits(containing hygiene and sanitary items) to 100 fistula survivors in the state. The items were donated by United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA). Tambuwal said the plight of fistula patients should be considered by all stakeholders with a view to supporting them toward improved living condition. She…
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Yobe spends N72m on special baby care units — commissioner
Dr Mohammad Gana, Yobe’s Commissioner of Health, said on Monday that the state had spent over N72 million on remodeling of special baby care units at the Potiskum and Gashua specialists’ hospitals. Gana disclosed this in Damaturu at a ministerial briefing marking Gov. Mala Mala-Buni’s two years in office. He said that 10 doctors and…
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Kano Govt. trains 1,130 volunteers on Maternal and Child health
The Kano State Government on Saturday said that it has trained 1,130 female community volunteers to help promote Maternal and Child Health in the state. The state Commissioner for health, Dr Kabiru Getso, made this known on Saturday at a press conference to mark the National Safe Motherhood Day. Getso said that the state also trained…
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50 Nigerians to access free facial deformity surgeries
A total of 50 people from different parts of the country with various degrees of facial deformities have been scheduled for free surgeries to enable them to live normal lives. The surgery, organised by the Cleft and Facial Deformity Foundation in collaboration with the TY Danjuma Foundation in Keffi, Nasarawa State, is targeting the indigent…
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COVID-19: NCDC announces 49 new cases, total now 165,661
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 49 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 165,661. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. It stated that Enugu State registered 22, while Lagos recorded 18, Rivers 6, Akwa Ibom 2 and Edo 7. The agency…
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COVID-19: NCDC records 1 death, 44 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported one more death in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease in Nigeria to 2,066. The centre also reported 44 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,559. The NCDC made the disclosure…
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Anambra Govt. pledges commitment to emergency medical care
The Anambra Government has pledged its commitment to prompt, effectiveand efficient emergency medical services and care to residents.The Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, made the pledge while inaugurating a 14-man Emergency Medical Treatment Committee (EMTC) on Monday in Awka.Okpala said that the committee had pledged to use available resources to provide high quality emergency…
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World Asthma Day: 339 million people affected globally
A professor of medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Gregory Erhabor, on Wednesday said that asthma affects about 339 million people annually with over 500,000 hospitalisation and about 400,000 deaths across the globe. Erhabor, who is also President, Asthma and Chest Care Foundation, said this in a statement signed on Wednesday to commemorate the World Asthma…
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Coronavirus: Risk of pandemic resurgence ‘remains high’ in Africa, says WHO
The risk of COVID-19 resurgence remains high in several African countries due to poor adherence to public health measures, including mass gatherings, low testing and vaccination rates, an analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) has shown. Three countries face very high risk of COVID-19 resurgence, 20 face high, 22 moderate risk, and only one…