Health Reporters

By Asma’u Ahmad The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said that plans were in progress to start its compulsory Health Insurance Scheme for all residents to ensure adequate healthcare services. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who made the ...

By Aminu Magashi Garba Today April 24, 2017 marks a historic moment as the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Every Woman Every Child Investors Group unanimously approved the Civil Societies’ Engagement Strategy that will support to roll out implementation of ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar on Monday appealed to the U.S. Government to sustain financial to eliminate in Nigeria and Sub Sahara Africa.  Governor Abubakar who is also the governor of Zamfara state, ...

By Asma’u Ahmad  A Malaria expert, Prof. Wellington Oyibo, on Monday called for a change of socio-cultural and environmental attitudes toward malaria as it would help Nigeria to attain its 2020 Pre-elimination phase goal.  Professor Oyibo, who is the Head ...

By Mary Jalingo The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ahmed Marafa, has assured people of the of a speedy passage of ‎the proposed bill on Niger State Contributory Health Insurance Scheme. The speaker stated this during ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, says it is targetting about 1.7 million children for immunisation in the current round of polio campaign. Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr. Kabir Ibrahim, stated this in an interview ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has called on the Abuja residents to collaborate with the agency toward making the FCT environment safe and healthy for all. Head of Information and Outreach Unit, AEPB, Mr. Muktar Ibrahim, ...

By Aminu Magashi Garba At a Geneva 5 day summit that kick started on the 19th April 2017, Governments and private donors had pledge US$812 million. The new pledge was in line with the collective efforts to control and eliminate ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Kano State Government said it is targeting 3.5 million children for the fourth round of the National Polio Immunisation exercise scheduled for Saturday, April 22. The State’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. Kabir Ibrahim Getso disclosed this ...

By Asma’u Ahmad An Immunisation Team Leader, Maternal and Child Survival Programme, Dr. Folake  Olayinka on Friday urged the Federal Government  to introduce meningitis vaccine into the Routine Immunisation programme. Dr. Olayinka, a USAID awardee, speaking with newsmen said in ...