Health

Health workers under the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have announced a seven-day nationwide warning strike starting at midnight on October 25. JOHESU National President, Kabiru Minjibir, announced an expanded National Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Minjibir expressed disappointment over the government’s […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to integrate adolescent-specific services into primary healthcare across the country. This initiative will focus on adolescent girls’ access to menstrual hygiene, reproductive health education, and mental health support through the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project. At a press […]

The Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency is set to vaccinate over 942,000 children in the upcoming 2024 Integrated Measles Campaign. The State Health Educator, Dr. Chinyere Chime, revealed this during a zonal meeting organized by UNICEF and the National Orientation Agency in Enugu. The campaign, targeting children aged […]

Cholera Outbreak Claims 13 Lives In Ebonyi Ebonyi State government says Cholera outbreak has claimed 13 lives in some remote communities in Ebonyi and Izzi Local Government Areas of the State. Ebonyi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma, who made this known at a PressBriefing on Saturday, said the […]

Polio, Measles: UNICEF Warns Unvaccinated Children Can Spread Virus In Schools, Communities Calls On Media To Intensify Vaccination Campaign The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF has tasked the media to intensify Campaign to create adequate awareness about the critical need for polio vaccination across Nigeria’s Southwest and Edo States. The […]

Court Orders BEDC Not To Disconnect Electricity Supply To Ondo UNIMED Teaching Hospital The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has ordered the Benin Electricity Distribution Company Plc (BEDC), to stop threatening that it will disconnect electricity supply to the University Of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, (UNIMEDTH) Ondo State. […]