Health Reporters

By Asma’u Ahmad The Sokoto State Government it has paid N1.8 billion as counterpart funding in various initiatives entered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to boost basic education, healthcare delivery and sanitation in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri ...

By Asma’u Ahmad Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State on Tuesday called for government collaboration with ophthalmologists to effectively tackle avoidable blindness in Nigeria. He made the call while declaring open a three-day 42nd Annual General Meeting/Scientific Conference of Ophthalmological Society ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has pledged to continue to provide humanitarian services for the benefit of Nigerians. UNFPA Country Representative in Nigeria, Ms Diene Keita, made the promise at the opening of 2017 Mid-Year Review ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Kogi State Government has identified the alleged unknown disease that killed 62 people as gastroenteritis, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu said. The commissioner told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja that those ...

By Asma’u Ahmad A group of youth who benefited from the door-to-door HIV/AIDS counselling and testing in Kaduna State have commended the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the initiative. Health Reporters gathered that the activity took place on Saturday at Angwan ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Government of Zambia has launched a strategic plan to steer the provision of quality healthcare services to citizens in the next five years. The National Health Strategic Plan, which runs from 2017 to 2021 will be ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Federal Government Committee on Lassa fever says it will adopt new proactive strategies and best international practice for eradicating the menace following recent outbreak of the disease in some parts of the country. A member of ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has urged Nigerians, especially those in the informal sector to enroll in the contributory health programme to enjoy universal health coverage. Senior Manager of NHIS, Mrs Nonye Unaegbu, made the call ...

By Asma’u Ahmad No fewer than 50 people from Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa villages in Yagba West Local Government of Kogi state, have been confirmed to have died from a strange disease, whose symptoms include diarrhea, bloodstained vomiting and high ...

By Asma’u Ahmad A surgeon with the Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja, Dr Offiong Etim, has recommended early treatment of severe enlarged prostrate to reduce associated risks. Dr Etim who stated this during an interview with newsmen in Abuja, he described ...