Category: Health
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Enugu State opens COVID-19 vaccination centres in major markets, malls
Enugu State Government says it has opened additional COVID-19 vaccination centres in major markets, shopping malls and public places. These are additional to the more than 100 conventional vaccination centres previously opened in the state. Dr George Ugwu, Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA) told our correspondent in Enugu on Saturday…
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COVID-19: Nigeria’s infection rate hits 199,333 –NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country now has 199, 333 COVID-19 infections as at Friday Aug. 27 across all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The Centre, who made the announcement on its verified website on Saturday morning, noted that the country logged in 618 additional COVID-19 infections on…
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Kogi govt procures advanced life support ambulances
Kogi State Government has procured some sophisticated Advanced Life Support Ambulances (ALSA) to serve the people of the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja on Saturday. Audu boasted ”Kogi State Government has set another record as it procures sophisticated Advanced…
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NGO distributes dignity kits to vulnerable adolescent girls in Kaduna
The Hope for Communities and Children Initiative (H4CC), an NGO, has distributed 150 dignity kits to vulnerable adolescent girls in Kaduna. The Executive Director of the NGO, Mr Hadiza Umar, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Kaduna on Wednesday. Umar explained that the dignity kits donated by the United Nations Population Funds contained a…
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Kaduna SEMA mainstreams nutrition in emergency response
The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (Kaduna SEMA) says it is mainstreaming nutrition in its emergency response to reduce malnutrition among vulnerable group during emergencies. The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Mr Hassan Abubakar, said this in Kaduna at a two-day training of local government Nutrition Focal Persons (NFP) as Local Government Nutrition Emergency Mangers organised by…
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Ebonyi Govt takes delivery of Moderna, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines
The Ebonyi Government has taken delivery of 46,088 doses of Moderna and 10,616 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Daniel Umezurike, made this known on Monday when the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency took delivery of the vaccines in Abakaliki. Umezurike, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry,…
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NSOANP, Smile Train, Move to Stop Preventable Deaths in Nigeria
Worried by the occurrence of preventable deaths in Nigeria, the National Surgical, Obstetrics, Anaesthesia and Nursing Plan (NSOANP), in collaboration with Smile Train, has embarked on capacity building for nurses in the country. Experts in the health sector have revealed that a good number of deaths in the nation’s health facilities were as a result…
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TB detection in Kaduna increased 33% in 1 year – programme manager
The Kaduna state Tuberculosis (TB) and Leprosy control programme has disclosed that case detection for tuberculosis in the state rose to 5,878 in 2020 as against 4,404 in 2019, indicating a 33 per cent increase in one year, in spite of the COVID-19 lockdown during the period. The Programme Manager, Dr Abubakar Sadiq, made the…
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UNICEF rolls out community infant, child feeding programme in Kaduna
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has rolled out a Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) programme in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mrs Chinwe Ezeife, the Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF, Kaduna, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Ezeife described C-IYCF as a preventive programme…
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KDSG records 1,665 cholera cases
The Kaduna State Government has said that it recorded 1,665 cases of cholera in the state in the last five months.The State Commissioner for Health Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni said this during a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna.Mohammed-Baloni said the cases were recorded in 19 local government areas of the state from April to August.The…