Health Reporters

By Adi Angyu Over 2000 skilled health workers out of the 4000 trained by the Bauchi State Government have defaulted in their bond made with the state government. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Halima Mukkadas, revealed this while answering ...

By Asmau Ahmad The Gombe State Government said it has accessed N450 million from the Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation to improve healthcare services in the state. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kennedy Ishaya, disclosed this in an interview ...

By Asmau Ahmad The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Enugu said it has confiscated unwholesome and unregistered sedative drugs worth more than N25 million. The State Co-coordinator of the agency, Mr. Ikechukwu Okoye, told newsmen ...

By Asmau Ahmad The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said 3.8 million children have so far been immunised against poliomyelitis from January to June in Kaduna State. UNICEF’s Health Specialist, Amina Baloni, told newsmen in Kaduna that the immunization of ...

By Asmau Ahmad No fewer than 4000 Nigerian doctors are practicing abroad, Principal Consultant, High Beam Global (HBG), Dr. Varun Aggarwal and lead partner of Fortis Hospital, Dr. Sonal Pahwa, stated at an event in Lagos. The medical experts urged ...

Dr Ado J Muhammad The Executive Director National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dear Sir; Greetings and consider this intervention as a friendly advocacy in the spirit of collaboration and national development. Let me 1st begin by congratulating you ...

By Asmau Ahmad Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight over Nigeria’s efforts in registering zero case of wild polio virus in the last two years. In a statement issued in Abuja, President Buhari, commended stakeholders for making the historic ...

By Adi Angyu A research has shown that after accident, Hypertension which is caused by High Blood Pressure, is the major cause of deaths in Africa. The overall best 2012 graduate of cardiology from the ‘Memorial Sa’ad Medical Centre of ...

By Asmau Ahmad The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), has urged the House of Representatives to pass its Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill (DAPDB). The Executive Director of the organisation, Mr. David Anyaele, made the appeal in ...

By Ndidi Chukwu As Nigeria celebrates two years without recording new poliomyelitis case, the Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR), under the aegis of Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH) joins the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) ...