Health Reporters

By Ndidi Chukwu In November 2016, Nigerian legislators participated in South African Parliament Retreat on Budgeting for health from 28th November to 12th December. Many African countries, the likes of Rwanda, Botswana, and Zambia, were there to discuss health budget ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) has called for the enactment of a Bill to establish a centrally coordinated blood service into law. National Coordinator of the centre, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Smith made the call in an interview ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on immunisation personnel in Jigawa state to ensure proper record keeping of children inoculated in the ongoing polio vaccination. UNICEF Representative in the state, Malam Hassan Kano, made the ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute the board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) to enhance professionalism in the healthcare sector. The President of NMA, Prof. Mike ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Federal Government said it will integrate leprosy control activities into healthcare delivery services. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known in a statement issued by the Director Media and Public Relations of the ...

By Haruna Gimba The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has released $100 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), to sustain aid operations in nine neglected emergencies. CERF’s largest allocation of the year will reach more than 6 ...

By Haruna Gimba The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed 11 containers of imported fake drugs worth N9.6 billion in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The products, imported from India and China, were impounded by men ...

By Haruna Gimba No fewer than 14 communities in Lagos State have benefited from fully equipped 24-hour service flagship Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs), under a collaborative effort between the Federal and state governments under the Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS). Speaking ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Federal Government has disbursed $55.5 million (N16.9 billion) grant to the 36 states and Abuja for the implementation of Save One Million Lives (SOML) programme. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this at the ...

By Asma’u Ahmad Sub-Saharan African countries should explore innovative financing for primary healthcare in the light of declining support from overseas donors, advocates said at a forum in Nairobi, Kenya. The advocates and policymakers said domestic resources would cushion the ...