FG activates task force over diphtheria outbreak in Katsina, Kano
…Deploys 500,000 vaccine doses, expands treatment centres By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja ABUJA — The Federal Government has activated an emergency multi-agency task force to contain a diphtheria outbreak affecting children in parts of Katsina and Kano states. As part of the immediate response, the government has deployed 500,000 doses of diphtheria vaccines to the two […]
FG verifies over 200 constituency projects to deepen Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda
By Chioma Obinna The Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, FMSD&IGA, has verified and certified over 200 Zonal Intervention and Constituency Projects executed across the six geopolitical zones as part of efforts to deepen the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the grassroots. The projects, executed within the last one […]
‘Hypertension is killing Nigerians silently’ – FG raises fresh alarm
“Hypertension is a silent killer. Many people stop taking their drugs once their blood pressure becomes controlled, and that is dangerous. Once medication is abandoned, the blood pressure rebounds and complications such as stroke, heart disease, kidney failure and blindness can set in,” he warned.
New Ebola outbreak has no approved vaccine, WHO warns
“And fifth, this epidemic is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola virus for which there are no approved vaccines or therapeutics,” Tedros warned.
‘Scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak worry WHO
WHO has voiced concern about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola that has killed an estimated 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Damaturu Specialist Hospital performs first lower jaw surgery
The Yobe State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, has successfully carried out a highly specialized segmental mandibulectomy with reconstruction — a major maxillofacial surgical procedure performed for the first time at any state-owned facility and the first in North-eastern Nigeria.
