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WHO: ENCOURAGES CREATION OF LACTATIVE ROOM IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Governments at all levels have been urged to create lactative rooms in ministries, agencies and parastatals to encourage exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mothers in the country.
NDLEA: ARRESTED A LEKKI-BASED ARTIST MANAGER WITH……… Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Lekki-based artistes’ manager and his Ikoyi businessman accomplice who specialize in distributing illicit drugs to fun seekers at VIP night clubs and lounges
AKTH: MEASURES TO AVOID IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE OF EYES Doctors in Aminu Kano teaching hospital (AKTH), have described eyes, as the window where some medical disorders are examined and diagnosed. Doctors Zayyad Farouq and Maryam Idris Abdullahi, of Opthalmology Department AKTH, made the
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has launched a free open heart surgery for patients with cardiac malfunction in Kano. The exercise is sponsored by Saudi Arabia Government in partnership with Muslim World League and Aminu Kano Teaching hospital (AKTH). Flagging off
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) celebrated a momentous occasion on Tuesday as it officially commissioned its newly constructed IHVN Campus. At the ceremony in Abuja, Mr Rolf Olson, Acting United States Deputy Chief of Mission, said the commissioning of the
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has urged individuals, families and private organisations to enrol in the scheme to access quality and affordable healthcare services Mrs Aileen Blama, its coordinator in Plateau, made the call in an interview with journalists on Tuesday in
Dr Olakunle Olawunmi, Head, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Chrisland University, Abeokuta in Ogun, has attributed the root causes of mental health to unemployment, among others. Olawunmi made this assertions on Saturday in Abuja at the unveiling of an NGO, Initiative
The Ministry of Health is to collaborate with the Ministry of Education to harmonise the modalities and guidelines for the accreditation of teaching hospitals in Nigerian universities. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, during a meeting with the Minister of Education,
Experts have called on governments at all tiers on the need for total commitment in the healthcare sector in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all Nigerians. The appeal was made on Friday in Ilorin during the 2023 World Health
The Federal Government says measures have been put in place to make Primary Health Care Centres in rural areas attractive for health workers. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this in Abuja on Thursday during the World Health Day, as