HEALTH

Doctors in Abia State have announced withdrawal of their services in both public and private hospitals to register their displeasure over the kidnap and continued detention of their colleague, Professor Uwadinachi Iweha. Professor Iweha was Kidnapped on Sunday 6th June, 2022, around 4:00pm, in front of his house at Umuokpara in Umuahia South Local Government […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno has decried “high abuse of pentazocine injection among youths in the state.” The Commandant of the agency in Borno, Mr Joseph Icha, said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Maiduguri on Friday, reports that pentazocine injection belongs to the group of medicines called narcotic […]

The Enugu State Government has stepped up surveillance against the spread of monkeypox in the 14 local government areas of the state. Dr George Ugwu, the Executive Secretary of Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA),made this known in an interview with the Newsmen on Wednesday in Enugu. He said that disease surveillance officers in council […]

Humanitarian organisation, Care on Wednesday reported that the number of malnourished children in the East-African nation of Somalia was “higher than ever before’’. According to the organisation, amid the worst droughts in the Horn of Africa in 40 years, thousands of people in Somalia are on the verge of famine, while many children are suffering […]

The Federal Government in collaboration with Development Gateway (DG), a data for development nonprofit organisation, has developed the Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI) website, which creates a “ one-stop-shop” that would allow stakeholders and the public access the relevant and up-to-date data to advance tobacco control legislation in the country. In a statement in Abuja, […]

The Federal Government has warned Nigerians not to take likely recent outbreak of the monkeypox virus. It also called on the general public to take proactive measures to prevent and stop the spread of the virus in the country. Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, who gave […]

The Kaduna State Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Programme on Tuesday has recorded 4,506 TB cases in the state . The State Programme Manager, DrSadiq Idris, made this known to the Newsmen in Kaduna. ‘This represents a 114 per cent  increase when compared to Q1 of 2021 TB case findings,” he said, addind that the […]

Prof. Obiageli Nnodu, the Director, University of Abuja Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Research and Training, has called for early screening of new born babies against Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). She made the call in an interview with the Newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, adding that early screening would help to reduce morbidity and […]

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has appealed to judges and prosecutors on diligent prosecution of traffickers and Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, made the plea on Thursday in Abuja at the opening session of a two-day Judge’s and Prosecutors […]