World Heart Day: FG unveils cardiac emergency response devices
Sept. 29, 2023 The Federal Government on Friday unveiled the Cardiac Emergency Response Box otherwise known as Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to respond to heart emergencies such as cardiac arrest….
No salary for striking resident doctors as FG implements ‘no work, no pay’ policy
Striking Resident doctors may not receive their salaries for a while as the Federal Government has issued a ‘no work, no pay’ policy following their on-going strike. This is contained…
Brain Drain: NGF worried, calls for urgent action to tackle menace in health sector
Nov. 6, 2022 The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), has expressed worry over the preponderance of medical doctors seeking greener pastures abroad, to the detriment of the country. Chairman of the…
ATM: FG says about 80% of Nigerians patronise TCAM services, expresses commitment to support practitioners
September 1, 2022 The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has expressed commitment to support traditional medicine practitioners in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Mr. Joseph Ekumankama, said…
NARD issues 2 weeks ultimatum over demands to avert looming strike
August 22, 2022 The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has served a two weeks ultimatum to the Federal and State Governments to press home members lingering demands. Dr. Godiya…
Vaccines: Our urgency is now to have the technology for production – Health Minister
June 21, 2022 The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), has said that emphasis is now shifting from the urgency for the country to manufacture its own vaccines, to having the…
HIV/AIDS: US CDC providing anti-retroviral treatment to over 1.7 million Nigerians
March 17, 2022 The United States Centre for Disease Control (US-CDC) on Wednesday said it had partnered with Nigeria for decades to provide anti-retroviral treatment to 1.7 million people living…
Nigeria records 23% drop in malaria prevalence in 2018 – WHO
April 23, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Nigeria recorded a drop in malaria prevalence from 42 per cent in 2010 to 23 per cent in 2018. Dr. Walter…
No cause for alarm, Astrazeneca vaccine delivered to the country is safe – FG assures Nigerians
The Federal Government has assured citizens that there is no cause for alarm regarding the batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine delivered to the country recently. The National Primary Health Care Development…
COVID-19: NCDC, health Ministry release handbook on home management of mild cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), on Tuesday released a handbook on home management of asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 cases. The…