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The cost of the drug, rifapentine, will be cut from U.S. $45 to $15 dollars for a recommended three-month course of treatment in 100 nations.

Osahon Enabulele became the first Nigerian to head the Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA).

He also urged the government to consider channelling recovered looted funds into the health sector to improve its operations.

The government said there were 224 suspected cases, and 24 people died in one local government area.

Another 2.2 billion people in developing countries represent a different risk, the report adds.

The official will, alongside other elected officers, pilot the medical association’s affairs for the next three years.

“There is no doubt that this loss of confidence in our hospitals is the ‘father’ of medical tourism,” the minister noted.

The lawmakers also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to confer a befitting Posthumous National Honour on her.

Two-thirds of Nigerian women receive antenatal care from a doctor, nurse, or midwife, an increase from 57 per cent since the first survey.

“We don’t have enough personnel and equipment and the government does not have enough health facilities,” NMA president said.

He explained that the MPDSR was an integral part of quality care, which the ministry in collaboration with other stakeholders has developed

The groups called for the rejection of the tobacco industry funding and strict regulation of their activities.

”…The Nigerian government should take stringent measures against landlords building houses without toilets before going after citizens engaging in open defecation…”

The official also called for the elimination of antenatal care charges for pregnant women.

The doctors said the salaries of medical consultants at Amaku are lower than the salaries of House officers in Federal Medical Centres across the South-East zone

Mr Buhari described Mr Ajekigbe’s death as a huge loss to the country.

The group says one in four persons have a risk of developing stroke in a lifetime.

The group says one in four persons have a risk of developing stroke in a lifetime.

The Fund says Bichi and Sumaila local government areas were the areas most affected by the issue of malnourished children.

Tuberculosis was responsible for 1.5 million deaths in 2018.

A major milestone for medicine and humanity was recorded following the successful eradication of smallpox and wild poliovirus type 2.

Although many women go through the nine months with no dental discomfort, for some, pregnancy can sprout old dental issues or create new ones.