Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
A Consultant Gyneacologist, Dr. Peter Adefuye, has called on the Federal Government to come up with an effective cancer control policy that will cater for cancer patients in Nigeria. He made the call at the beginning of the Cancer Awareness Campaign, organised by Ogun State Ministry of health in Abeokuta. “We want a common place [...]
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Rivers State chapter has protested against the continued marginalization and neglect of Nurses, Midwives and Public Health Nurses working in all the health facilities in the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State. The Association while staging the protest on Monday morning walked through some major roads [...]
The Godwin and Patricia Okeke Foundation, an NGO, has given rural dwellers in Adaziani community in Anambra one-year free medical treatment to raise their health standard. The foundation had also built and equipped a comprehensive health centre in collaboration with the Global Health Initiative of the U.S. Mrs Patricia Okeke, a Co-founder of the foundation, [...]
Nigeria and Cuba are partnering on a new malaria control measure that would rid the nation of mosquitoes at the larva stage. The project is under the auspices of the Cuba-ECOWAS partnership on malaria control. Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire are the pilot nations selected for the project. The Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Hugo Milanes, [...]
A non-governmental organisation in Adamawa, Mana Foundation for Grassroot Development, has embarked on enlightenment campaign to create awareness on HIV and AIDS, in a renewed onslaught on the scourge. The Director of the Foundation, Miss Amina Gadzama, said in Yola on Saturday that the campaign focused on creating awareness, encouraging behavioural and attitudinal change on [...]
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN), has introduced clinic-in-box (CIB) portacabins in some of the treatment sites it supports. A statement signed by the Communications Manager of the institute, Mr Dennis Mordi, in Abuja on Saturday, said the CIB was to improve quality treatment and care for people living with HIV and tuberculosis. It [...]
Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has appealed to doctors and health workers in the country to make strike the last option in pressing for their demands. Chukwu, who was in Lagos last Saturday, to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Dr Moses Majekodunmi, founder of St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, said doctors [...]
A medical practioner in Rivers State, Dr. George Mathew Ela, has advised Nigerians to avoid regular intake of fried food to check ailments such as hypertension, arthritis, rheumatism, malaria, diabetes and stroke among others. Delivering a lecture at the Seventh Day Adventist Mission, Mile 3 Diobu in Port Harcourt, to mark this year’s World Health [...]
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, says it is essential for Air Force personnel to always keep fit by doing exercises in order to respond promptly to security challenges. Umar gave the advice in Abuja after a five-kilometre walk organised by officers and men of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Represented by AVM [...]
Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mrs Olajumoke Akinjide, has assured residents of the territory that the FCT Administration would provide a health centre to take care of persons infected with tuberculosis and leprosy. Akinjide gave the assurance in Abuja when members of the FCT Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme paid her an [...]
