News Reports
Residents express delight as solar-powered electricity system opens in Abuja community
The facility produces electricity and 20,000 litres of treated water daily.
Nigeria signs N2.6 trn support agreement from Global Fund to tackle Tuberculosis, AIDS
The minister says TB now ranks as the ninth leading cause of death, ranking above AIDS.
Nigeria declares Lassa Fever outbreak, activates emergency response
In 2018, there were 3,498 suspected cases and 171 deaths in the country.
South Sudan bans bleaching products
South Sudan’s ban follows similar moves by Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana.
Health stories that made headlines last week
The major news in the sector last week include the threat of another health workers strike in Nigeria.
Groups threaten no vote over gender equality bill
The bill has been in the National Assembly since 2015 awaiting second reading.
Programme to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian communities yielding result — Study
The study shows the scheme brought extraordinary improvements to an area where hundreds of children had died from lead poisoning.
More investments in global health will yield incredible returns – Bill and Melinda Gates
Mrs Gates says the world has actually become dramatically healthier in the last 20 years as more money poured into the sector
VIDEO: Open Defecation: The ugly side of Nigeria’s glittering capital city
122,000 Nigerians, including 87,000 children under the age of five, die each year from diarrhoea, with the country losing N455 billion annually due to poor sanitation.”
JOHESU: Strike looms in Nigeria’s health sector
The union says all its agreements with the government are yet to be met.
Buhari approves medical director for FMC, Kebbi
The appointment takes effect from December 27, 2018.
Researchers urged to develop Lassa fever vaccine
Though some researches on Lassa fever vaccines are in the pipe line, none has been certified for use.
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Nigeria set to host international Lassa fever conference
The conference would mark 50 years of discovering the virus in Nigeria.
Major health stories in the news last week
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.
Nigerian govt disburses $49 million to Yobe, Osun under ‘save one million lives’ fund
Other states got allocations from the funds.
Buhari rolls out Basic Health Care Provision Fund
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.
Immunisation: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $75 million to Nigeria
The money will go into procuring vaccines and other materials for the exercise.
First Lassa fever conference holds in Abuja
Lassa fever virus was first isolated in 1969 in Lassa, Borno State in north-east Nigeria
Malnutrition: Nigerian govt budgets N300 million for ‘ready to to use food’
RUTF are enriched food that requires no preparation and is specifically designed to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Major health stories in the news last week
The Akwa Ibom government says it has been paying N400 million quarterly to offset bills for the medical equipment in the hospital
Akwa Ibom procures N5bn worth of Hospital equipment
The state has been paying N400 million quarterly to offset bills for the medical equipment in the hospital.
Group decries N2000 monthly HIV drugs fee
The group wants the government to make the drugs entirely free.
VIDEO: Ways to control Convulsion in children – Dr Onuchukwu
Ways to control Convulsion in children
Suspension of NHIS boss, mass emigration of doctors, other major health stories in 2018
The health sector started on a controversial note in 2018.
