The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said as of July 15, it has recorded 3,623 suspected cases of cholera and 103 deaths across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of July 15, 2024. The…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate has said many Nigerians rely on public facilities and sometimes do not seek medical care at all due to affordability issues. Pate said this on Friday at the fifth legislative…
The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has trained no fewer than 60 frontline health workers on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition to reduce the burden of malnutrition in the state…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the country has recorded 1,528 suspected cases of cholera and 53 deaths in 31 states across 107 Local Government Areas. The Director General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, said this…
The Federal Government on Friday began training of eye health professionals nationwide on its Glaucoma Guideline and Toolkit. Speaking at the launch of the training, the National Coordinator of the National Eye Health Programme at the Federal Ministry of Health…
The Federal Government said it is collaborating with the private sector to tackle the rising cancer cases in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday at a meeting with officials…
Benue State has recorded four deaths from suspected cases of cholera. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Henry Ijabo, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday and stated that 16 suspected cases were recorded. He added that the suspected cases were noticed in…
The National Health Insurance Authority and stakeholders have agreed on a new medicine and services pricing structure. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the acting Director of Media and Public Relations at the NHIA, Emmanuel Ononokpono. The…
The Nasarawa State Government on Monday said it has recorded 29 suspected cases of cholera in the Kokona and Nasarawa Eggon local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Gaza Gwamna made this known while speaking at the…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, approved the disbursement of N12,911bn through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund. The amount represents the 2023 fund for one quarter, to be utilised in the third quarter of 2024. This is according to the…
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