Health

The appointment takes effect from December 27, 2018.

Though some researches on Lassa fever vaccines are in the pipe line, none has been certified for use.

The conference would mark 50 years of discovering the virus in Nigeria.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $75 million to immunisation intervention in Nigeria
These are some of the stories that dominated the health sector last week.

The minister also speaks on the implementation of the health act.

Other states got allocations from the funds.

The BHCPF is the one percent of the federal Consolidated Revenue and contributions by donor grants set aside to fund basic health care in Nigeria.

The money will go into procuring vaccines and other materials for the exercise.

Lassa fever virus was first isolated in 1969 in Lassa, Borno State in north-east Nigeria

RUTF are enriched food that requires no preparation and is specifically designed to treat severe acute malnutrition.

The Akwa Ibom government says it has been paying N400 million quarterly to offset bills for the medical equipment in the hospital

Advocates want women sanitary pads to be given out free like condoms.

The state has been paying N400 million quarterly to offset bills for the medical equipment in the hospital.

The group wants the government to make the drugs entirely free.

Ways to control Convulsion in children

PREMIUM TIMES analyses how Nigeria fared in 2018 in the surveillance, prevention and management of six diseases.

The health sector started on a controversial note in 2018.

There were a total of 591 Ebola cases.

The trauma hospital is already struggling with resources and suffering from a lack of medical supplies.

Women talk about its ‘efficacy’ while medical experts raise concerns.

CSM remains a major health challenge, affecting 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

A Six-week-old baby miraculously survives Ebola in Congo.