Abia’s Mixed Fortunes: Residents benefit from completed constituency projects, others uncompleted, abandoned (2)
While some residents of Abia communities benefit from some constituency projects, it is a sad tale in other parts of ...
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Nigeria launches campaign to tackle Measles, Meningitis
The large-scale campaign to vaccinate children will be carried out in 19 northern states
Meningitis: Over 26 million children at risk in Nigeria – Agency
The children are in 25 states and FCT.
Nigeria poised to be declared polio-free in six months — Agency
For a country to be certified polio-free, it must have gone two years without reporting a case of polio.
Agency trains 30 workers to coordinate service delivery in primary health care centres in Nigeria
The exercise aims to empower the worker to better assist states in executing primary health care programmes and policies
Yellow Fever: Nigeria to have WHO-approved reference laboratory next year – NPHCDA
Nigeria currently takes its samples to the WHO laboratory in Senegal for confirmation.
Nigeria to attain polio-free status in 2019 – NPHCDA
The agency says the country has gone over 24 months with very strong surveillance without a case of wild polio ...
‘Dearth of funds frustrating family planning activities in Niger’
The official called for improved budgetary allocation and timely release of funds.
Why extending support for immunisation in Nigeria was difficult decision – GAVI
The global coalition has decided to extend its support in Nigeria until 2028.
FG/WHO begins yellow fever vaccination in three states
Nearly 3,000 vaccination teams will be deployed across the three states.
INVESTIGATION: The terrible state of Nigeria’s Primary Healthcare Centres (2)
Abandoned, understaffed, and unequipped PHCs across Nigeria lead to deaths of many, mainly women and children.
INTERVIEW: What Nigerian govt is doing to achieve local vaccine production, functional PHCs – NPHCDA DG
Faisal Shuaib also speaks on collaboration with Cuba and polio eradication.
Don’t wait until complications before seeing dentists, experts urge Nigerians
The 2017 National Oral Heath Week holds from December 1.
INVESTIGATION: The terrible state of Nigeria’s Primary Healthcare Centres (PART ONE)
Unqualified and overworked staff, abandoned facilities and lack of drugs are common tales from this critical sector across the country.
FG spends only N1500 per year on each Nigerian’s healthcare – Minister
Minister said health is a fundamental right of Nigerians
Nigeria establishes centre to coordinate immunisation activities
The National Emergency Routine Immunization Coordination Centre will govern routine immunisation programmes in the country.
With 1,166 deaths, Nigerian govt formally declares meningitis outbreak over
The disease affected 226 local governments across 25 states.
‘Nigeria loses 3,000 women, children to preventable diseases daily’
The children die before their fifth birthdays.
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Nigeria to review midwifery practices
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, disclosed this at an evet to mark the 2017 International Day of the Midwife
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Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak: Death toll rises to 438 as mass immunisation commences in Zamfara
Governor Abdulaziz Yari came under fire for attributing the outbreak of the disease to God’s anger over the sins of ...
Nigerian govt deployed 1,473 graduate midwives to PHCs in 2016 – Official
“The midwives were deployed to PHC facilities in rural areas throughout the 36 states and FCT in 2016.”
Director outlines four-point agenda to reposition Nigeria’s primary healthcare system
He made the pledge while receiving the new World Health Organization, WHO, Country Representative in Nigeria, Alemu Wondi
Nigeria flags off scheme to revive 10,000 primary health care centres
President Buhari flagged off the scheme on Tuesday.
INTERVIEW: How we protected 5,700 Nigerian children from polio paralysis – NPHCDA Executive Director
Emmanuel Odu spoke about how his agency handles immunisation, the plans to revitalise primary healthcare centres and other pertinent health ...
Nigerian govt promises to pay midwives owed for 8 months
The decision came after a PREMIUM TIMES report showed how government indebtedness to midwives hampered the fight against maternal deaths.
