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WIKE COMMISSIONS 12 AMBULANCES, VOWS TOTAL FCT HEALTH TRANSFORMATION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has reaffirmed his commitment to transforming the FCT health sector with the commissioning of 12 new ambulances in Abuja. Wike
DAHIRU MANGAL FOUNDATION TRANSFORMS HEALTHCARE IN KATSINA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Dahiru Mangal Foundation has provided medical care to over 21,000 vulnerable patients in Katsina State, covering bills worth more than N257 million over the past decade. Alhaji Hassan Kabir, a
NIGERIA EXPANDS HEALTH INSURANCE TO INCLUDE LIVER AND KIDNEY TESTS FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Nigeria is now offering annual liver and kidney function tests for people living with HIV through expanded national health insurance. Announced by the Minister
ONE MILLION GOMBE CHILDREN TO BENEFIT FROM AZITHROMYCIN INITIATIVE — MALARIA CONSORTIUM By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Malaria Consortium, in partnership with the Gombe State Ministry of Health, will launch a mass administration of Azithromycin for about one million children across Gombe
NCS URGES CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARES By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Nigerian Cardiac Society (NCS) has urged government and stakeholders to integrate cardiovascular disease prevention into Nigeria’s primary healthcare system to curb the growing burden of heart-related illnesses. Speaking at the
FCT RESIDENT DOCTORS ON 7-DAY WARNING STRIKE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory has declared a seven-day warning strike to protest poor working conditions and neglect of the health sector. In a communiqué signed
FG, GLOBAL FUND JOINTS EFFORTS IN IMPROVING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY………. By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The federal government in collaboration with the Global Fund and other development partners has vows to collaborate efforts together in improving healthcare service delivery in the country. The
BAUCHI STATE MOVES TO ADDRESS MATERNAL NEWBORN MORTALITY…………….. : Lunches National Guidelines for Procurement of Family Planning Commodities By:Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Bauchi State Government has launched the National Guidelines for the State Funded Procurement of Family Planning Commodities in a move
MOSQUITOE DAY: EHOCON, PECAN EMBARK ON VECTOR CONTROL IN FCT………. By:Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Environmental Health Officers Council of Nigeria (EHOCON) in collaboration with the Pest Control Association of Nigeria (PECAN) has embarked on a pest control campaign in the Federal
FAMARI BARRO SAYS: NIGERIA NEEDS TO RISE UP TO THE CALL FOR BETTER………. By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban. 08036377731 Save the Children International has called on Government, Ministries of Health and Nutrition, Information and Culture