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 […]
Chukwu, new Health Minister, assumes office
ONE of the top priorities of the new Minister of Health, Prof.Christian Chukwu as he assumed duty last week , is to ensure that Nigerians begin to enjoy good health indices as well as entrenchment of the tenets of team work and unity amongst staff of the Ministry of Health.
Adequate control of asthma is key to its proper management, says expert
LACK of adequate control of asthma remains a major hindrance to its management in Nigeria. Even though asthma control can be achieved, data shows that the majority of patients are still uncontrolled despite frequent visits to their doctors or pharmacists.
ECOWAS health ministers laud traditional medicine
The West African Health Ministers rose from its 11th Ordinary Meeting with a resolution to Institutionalise Traditional Medicine and for Studies to be conducted into herbal medicines for its integration into conventional medicine.
NAS tackles non-communicable diseases at grassroots
IKEJA sub-zone of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), Lagos State has expressed worry over high rate of diabetes, high blood pressure discovered among market women, artisans in Lagos State.
Lagos commences indoor residual spraying twice annually
With about 400,000 cases of malaria reported in Lagos public health facilities annually, the State government says the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) programme would now be repeated every six months even as each household will get two Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets, LLIN.
