Tag: Osagie Ehanire
Resident Doctors To Shelve Planned Friday Strike – Gbajabiamila
May 5, 2021 Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have hinted that they are ready to suspend their planned resumption of strike on Friday, according to a statement signed by the spokesman to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila. The resident doctors had on April 1 embarked on ...HIV/AIDS: Minister worried over new paediatric infections as cases grow
May 5, 2021 The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has expressed concern over new paediatric HIV infections in children aged 0-4 years. He expressed his worry during a national dialogue on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) on Tuesday in Abuja. The dialogue was organised by the National AIDS/STIs Control Programme ...Malaria: Implementation of the new strategic plan will cost over N1trn – Health Minister
April 24, 2021 Nigeria needs over a trillion naira to effectively combat malaria in the country, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said. He explained that of the total sum, the country required more than N350 billion naira to fight the disease in 2021 alone. Ehanire, the Minister of Health, disclosed this on Friday a news conference ...Senate gives health minister 6 weeks to compel Govt hospitals to procure locally made syringes
April 22, 2021 The Senate on Thursday directed the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire to put together a policy to compel all government hospitals to procure locally manufactured syringes. The Senate Committee on Health gave the Minister a six-week ultimatum to carry out the directive. The Committee gave the directive during an interactive meeting with ...$890m Health Grant: Buhari directs Health Minister to set up accountability framework, provide periodic performance reports
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire to ensure effective utilisation of Global Fund’s generous provision of $890 million, over the next three years to support Nigeria’s fight against HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria. President Buhari issued the directive at the virtual launch of the $890 million grant on Thursday ...COVID-19: Governors, deputies to be inoculated publicly March 10 – Gov. Fayemi
State governors and their deputies are to take the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 10). Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti, disclosed this at a virtual news conference on Thursday. Fayemi said that the vaccination was part of resolutions made by the governors during an emergency ...COVID-19: FG To Provide 10-Bed ICU In Every State – Health Minister
The Federal Government plans to provide 10-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in every state of the Federation, as part of strategies to provide critical response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who gave an assurance that the focus on COVID-19 prevention and treatment ...COVID-19: FG Launches T.E.A.C.H To Track Vaccination Process
Ahead of the receipt of the first batch of the COVAX vaccines, the Federal Government is rolling out a special COVID-19 vaccination strategy. Launching the strategy codenamed ‘T.E.A.C.H’ at an event in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, explained that it would help the government to track the vaccination process across ...Ebola: Nigeria on the alert, closely monitoring outbreak in Guinea – Minister
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said the Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the Ebola outbreak in Guinea as well as other disease of public health concern. Ehanire, who addressed reporters in Abuja on Monday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 explained that “Nigeria’s Port Health Services have ...COVID-19: I think we should be very cautious with our choice of vaccines – Gov. Ayade
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to be very cautious with the choice of vaccines and also see the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for Nigeria to invest in vaccine production. Ayade, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Calabar, said that with proper funding of ...
