The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will implement the ‘pharmaceutical traceability strategy’ to check menace of substandard and falsified medicines. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director-General, said this at the just concluded traceability workshop in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The workshop, according to a statement by its Resident Media […]
Findings of a study, on Monday, showed that 93 per cent of Pakistanis agreed that the sale of cigarettes should be banned. A Gallup and Gilani Pakistan survey reported that a nationally representative sample of adult men and women across the country took part in the study. Respondents were asked: “Do you think the sale […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Friday, distributed hospital consumables to two health facilities in Lagos state. The hospitals are the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) and the Air force Hospital Ikeja. They have been treating victims of various disasters and emergencies in the state. Three other hospitals are to also benefit from […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is responding to reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano States. The Director-General of the centre, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, announced this in a statement on Friday. Adetifa said the centre is also monitoring the situation in Osun and Yobe states. He said that […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda ……. explains its approach to fighting poverty, disease, and inequity Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $8.3 billion this year to continue its work fighting poverty, disease, and inequity. The foundation’s CEO, Mark Suzman, announced this in his annual letter published on Tuesday in Seattle, U.S.A., emailed to The […]
A US-based caregiver, Dr Oluwatoyin Iseyemi, on Thursday, paid the medical bills of many indigent patients at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos. Iseyemi, who is of the Nigerian Care Provider (NCP), said that the gesture ”is in fulfilment of my promises to alleviate burdens of people during festive season”. She paid the medical expenses […]
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has counselled youths against drug abuse, saying it poses great health risk. The Sultan gave the advice at the 7th Islamic Therapy Convention of Certified Therapists in Prophetic Medicine of the International Institute of Islamic Therapy (IIIT) Nigeria, on Saturday in Abuja. Abubakar, who doubles as President, […]
By Our Correspondent The wife of Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Mariya Tambuwal, has restated her commitment to fighting Gender-Based Violence (GBV) within and beyond the state. Tambuwal gave the assurance after a road walk as part of activities to mark this year’s ’16 Days of Activism Against GBV’ on Tuesday in Sokoto. She, therefore, solicited […]
Uganda’s Ministry of Health says Ebola has spread to the eastern part of the country beyond the epicentre in the central region. Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health, tweeted on Sunday that a confirmed fatal case, who is a 45-year-old male, has been reported in the Jinja district of eastern Uganda. The confirmed fatal case died […]
Malawi, on Tuesday, received a consignment of 2.9 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) for a single-dose reactive campaign to the Cholera outbreak. The recent outbreak has killed over 200 people since the country reported the first case in March. A joint statement released by the WHO, UNICEF and Malawi G“vernment said the OCV […]