By Our Correspondent in Abeokuta The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to increase the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). NARD gave the deadline in a communique issued at the end of its extraordinary meeting, held on Saturday in Abeokuta. The NewsZenith reports that NARD President, Secretary-General […]
Authorities from Botswana’s Ministry of Health and Wellness, on Friday, said they vaccinated 370,000 children aged seven years and below, against poliovirus type 2 (cVOPV2). Christopher Nyanga, the ministry spokesperson, said the vaccination campaigns ran from Feb. 23 to April 2 in all districts across the southern African country. “Health officials detected the cVOPV2 in […]
Nigeria has recorded more than 152 deaths from Lassa fever this year, according to latest statistics from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). NCDC reported 788 confirmed cases of Lassa fever across the country in 2023. It said new confirmed cases stood at nine in the current week from a peak of […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State says it arrested 352 suspects, dealing in hard-drug, between January and March. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, announced this to newsmen in Kano. Idris-Ahmad said the agency also seized 2.1 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano State. According to him, the […]
The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG), on Thursday, inaugurated the Occupational Therapy and Neuromodulation Rehabilitation Centre at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano under its Hospital Support Programme (HSP) Phase 1 projects. The NewsZenith reports that the company had, on Monday, started the new round of project inaugurations with the opening of a 120-bed Obstetrics […]
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been convicted of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. A jury found that Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56 and their “medical middleman” Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were guilty of a conspiracy to bring a young man to Britain to give his kidney. […]
A Consultant Nephrologist at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Dr Yemi Raji has advised Nigerians to embrace prevention as the best treatment for kidney problems. Raji gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday. He spoke at the 2023 World Kidney Day celebration. According to him, Kidney disease has become a huge […]
Martin Muchangi, Director of WASH and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Amref Health Africa, on Sunday, advised African countries to work toward overcoming the effects of climate change. Muchangi spoke in response to questions from newsmen at Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda. He said that there is a need to equip […]
The Malawian government says it will roll out an integrated nationwide cholera and COVID-19 campaign. This is to prevent spread of cholera and to allow the population to access the COVID-19 vaccine. Secretary for Ministry of Local Government, James Chiusiwa, said the campaign will run for 12 days, from March 2. The campaign is part […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Medical Science University (UniMed), Ondo State, are collaborating to boost research. NAFDAC resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, announced the collaboration in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement, received by The NewsZenith on Thursday, said the collaboration would formally commit […]