Health

Resident Doctors Call Off Strike The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has instructed its members to end their five-day nationwide warning strike and resume work today (Monday). The decision was made after a three-hour Special National Executive Council meeting, during which NARD agreed to review the Federal Government’s commitment…

Buhari Inaugurates Permanent Site of Azikiwe Varsity Teaching Hospital President Mohammadu Buhari on Friday inaugurated the permanent site of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra. Buhari, while delivering his speech during the inauguration, said the National Health Act had made it mandatory for all Nigerians to receive…

Kwara Emerges Best in Basic Healthcare Delivery in North Central Kwara State has achieved the remarkable feat of being rated as the top-performing state in basic healthcare delivery in the entire North Central region. This achievement puts the state ahead of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as well as other…

UNICEF, NPC Target Birth Registration of 1m Children in Kano in 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National Population Commission (NPC) have rolled out birth registration of one million children in Kano in 2023 using the digital system. Speaking at a two-day stakeholders engagement meeting on Digital Birth…

Save LAUTECH Hospital from Total Collapse — Doctors Lament The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has called for quick intervention to save the hospital from total collapse. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by its President, Dr Sope Orugun…

UN, Partners to Fight Hunger with $396m in Northeast By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman The United Nations and its partners have made an appeal for $396 million to help prevent hunger and acute malnutrition among children in northeast Nigeria and to assist people during the upcoming lean season. Farhan Haq, the…

Buhari to Remain in London for Another Week– Presidency President Muhammadu Buhari would be in London for an additional one week, at the behest of his Dentist, who has started attending to him. Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ”The Specialist requires…

NGO Begins Free Hepatitis B Vaccination in Police Barracks, Hospitals in FCT The Daniel Onoja Foundation (DOF), an NGO, has organised free Hepatitis B vaccination and awareness campaign for police officers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event took place simultaneously…

China Issues New COVID-19 Vaccination Plan China’s National Health Commission on Monday unveiled the latest plan for COVID-19 vaccination,. The commission said that the plan aims to raise the immunity levels of certain groups and further reduce the risks of severe infection and death from the virus. The plan was…

Mpox: Canada, Nigeria Partner on Prevention By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, along with other institutions and stakeholders, has launched the Canada-Africa Mpox Partnership, CAMP, aimed at curbing the spread of Mpox and studying the dynamics of its transmission from humans to humans. The project…