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 […]
Uganda’s Ministry of |Health has advised the public to remain vigilant as the Ebola cases in the capital city of Kampala continue to rise. Minister of Health, Ruth Aceng, said in a tweet that two more contacts of the people under quarantine at the country’s Mulago National Referral Hospital on Saturday tested positive, bringing the […]
Botswana has embarked on an aggressive campaign to educate its citizens about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and appropriate preventative measures, an official said on Tuesday night. Given the high burden on NCDs in the southern African country, health authorities in Botswana are now giving more focus than it has in order to combat the scourge of […]
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ekiti State branch has expressed worries over the mass exodus of doctors in search of greener pastures outside the state. The branch chairman, Dr Babatunde Rosiji, raised the concern when he paid a courtesy visit to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. Rosiji said […]