HEALTH

Proceedings in a trial over a 2009 massacre in Guinea were adjourned for a week on Monday after former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara said he was too ill to give testimony. Survivors of the bloodbath and relatives of the dead had been eagerly awaiting the moment when Camara would take the stand. But the former […]

The Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency, ENS-PHCDA, will Saturday December 3rd begin free vaccination of Rotavirus vaccines, aimed at preventing diarrhoea among children. In a sensitisation and Engagement meeting on the Rotavirus vaccine introduction in Enugu, on Wednesday, the  Executive Director of   ENS-PHCDA, Dr. George Ugwu stated that from 3rd to 10th December […]

Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatisation stemming from the existing name. Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958, but the disease is found in a number of animals, and […]

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has commended the support from the Police Nationale (RAID) of France especially in the areas of training and equipment. Marwa who spoke in his office in Abuja on Friday when the Police Attaché at the French Embassy in […]

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has said that seamless exchange of intelligence and strengthened collaboration among African countries will help the continent surmount the daunting challenge of illicit drug trafficking and abuse. Brig. Gen Marwa stated this on Wednesday at the ongoing 30th […]

Twenty-six states have recorded cases of Lassa Fever as the disease has spread to 104 Local Government Areas in the country. This is according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Situation Report for week 40 which was obtained on Tuesday. According to the report, the Lassa fever outbreak has killed 173 people in […]

Anambra State Government has urged residents to adopt safe food and agricultural practices that will promote the general wellbeing of everyone.   The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Foster Ihejiofor, made the call during a press briefing in Awka, in commemoration of “World Food Day”.   World Food Day, celebrated on October sixteen every, is aimed […]

185,000 Beneficiaries Enrolled Into ASHIA In 260 Hospitals About one hundred and eighty-five thousand persons are currently receiving health care under Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme across two hundred and sixty private and public hospitals in the state. The Chairman Anambra state Health Insurance Agency, Dr Simeon Onyemechi announced this at the Godwin Ezemo International […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Tuesday launched the first-ever research blueprint for tackling dementia. The WHO said worldwide, around 55 million people have dementia, with over 60 per cent  living in low- and middle-income countries. The world health body said as the proportion of older people in the population is increasing in nearly every country, […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will embark on surveillance visits to restaurants and fast food outlets in Kaduna State. The State Coordinator, NAFDAC, Nasiru Mato who disclosed this to the News men on Friday in Kaduna, said the purpose was to ensure the operators’ adherence to good […]