Health Reporters

By Asmau Ahmad The Sokoto State Government on Sunday said it had disbursed over N80 million to 16 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in 2014 toward curbing the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Mr Nasiru Yahayya, the Executive Secretary of the state’s Agency for the ...

By Asmau Ahmad with Agency Report The Bayelsa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it arrested 185 suspects and seized 247.49 kilogrammes of illegal drugs in the state in 2014. Reviewing the agency’s operations ...

By Asmau Ahmad Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma on Friday, removed Ebola district quarantine measures intended to curb the spread of the disease, declaring “victory is in sight”. Reports say there are indications that there is a sharp drop in ...

By Asmau Ahmad Prof. Temitope Alonge, Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, said on Friday that the hospital lost N1 billion over incessant strikes by various health workers in 2014 till date. Alonge disclosed this while addressing ...

By Asmau Ahmad Bishop Sunday Onuoha, Executive Director, Nigeria Inter-Faith Action Association on Friday said Muslim and Christian faithful would ensure the adoption of new strategy on the management of HIV/AIDS. The latest strategy of managing HIV/AIDS is known as ...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos today, UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment unveiled the HeForShe IMPACT 10X10X10 pilot initiative to galvanize momentum in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. The HeForShe campaign’s IMPACT 10X10X10 ...

The Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has pledged to undertake research to “promote maternal new-born and child health at all levels in Nigeria.” In presentations at the scientific conference organised by Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria ...

By Dili San Jules Dr Jeremiah Abalaka, the man behind a controversial vaccine for HIV between 1999 and 2000, will only divulge recipe for his vaccine under a “negotiated agreement”, after a court ruled that federal government was wrong to ban ...

By Dili San Jules Ongoing political buzz and elections next month cannot be allowed to stifle campaign against polio, the Expert Review Committee assessing Nigeria’s progress on polio has warned. “Government needs to continue to support the programme,” said Dr ...

By Ndidi Chukwu As the Federal Government through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA) battles with the final interruption of Wild Polio Virus in the nation, Prof. Oyewole Tomori, has said the nation should not say Nigeria is ...