Health Reporters

By Haruna Gimba The African Union Heads of States said it welcomes the on-going efforts of Member States to strengthen health systems in line with the Africa Health Strategy (2016-2030) and the Catalytic Framework to End AIDS, TB and Eliminate ...

By Ndidi Chukwu As the largest population in any society, youths are critical actors in the development of any nation, as agents of change with a great potential to build a prosperous nation. A youth friendly nation is one which ...

By Asmau Ahmad Wednesday 9th August 2017 would go down the memory lane as the Executive Governor of Kano State Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje assented the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Board Law passed by the state assembly on ...

By Haruna Gimba The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has donated drugs and food items worth over N50 million to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yobe state. President of the PSN, Pharmacist Ahmed I Yakasai, said the association had in ...

By Haruna Gimba Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR) and Health Track, a CSOs Accountability Coalition, have commended the effort of the Federal Ministry of Health for the transparency and an improved quality data on Immunization estimates nationwide. The nationwide ...

By Haruna Gimba The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that if targeted steps towards malaria prevention and control are taken, 10, 000 lives of Nigerians can be save by November 2017. Director of WHO Global Malaria Programme, Mr Pedro ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has advised governors to revamp and upgrade medical facilities in their respective Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs). Prof. Adewole gave the advice on Tuesday in Calabar during the Cross River Health ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), said the United States Government has committed $85 million for the conduct of a major HIV survey in the country. NACA Director-General, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this in an ...

By Mary Jalingo The Acting governor of Niger State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso, has called on women to ensure that they exclusively breastfed their babies especially in the first 6 months of life. The acting governor made the call during ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), has urged the Federal Government to establish baby friendly centres in work places.The CS-SUNN Coordinator in Kaduna State, Mr Silas Ideva, made the call in a statement issued to ...