Reliance on foreign goods fuelling soaring prices – Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has decried the high dependence on importation of health goods in the African region. Ehanire said this at
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IBEDC, USAID seek end to discrimination, gender inequality against women
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have called for end to gender inequality and discrimination against women
FG launches free rotaVirus vaccine against killer diarrhoea
The federal government has commenced free vaccination of children below one year of age in the country with RotaVirus vaccines. Global health report showed that
FG taking steps to end Nigeria’s reign as top malaria hob – Minister
The Federal Government has said although the decline of malaria prevalence from 42 percent in 2010 to 23 percent in 2020 was commendable, it remains
NHIA denies mandatory 15% health tax deduction from workers’ salaries
Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Professor Mohammed Sambo has refuted reports in a section of the media (not THISDAY) that the
Local remedies, sustained sensitisation, precautionary measures panacea to COVID-19 spread in Nigeria
As the country continues to record more cases of COVID-19, experts emphasise the need for effective and lasting measures to curtail further spread of the
Monkeypox cases top 35,000 in 92 countries -WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths.
Buhari: eliminating malaria by 2030 will save Nigeria N2trn
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declared that the successful elimination of malaria in Nigeria was projected to save the nation about N2 trillion by year 2030.
Buhari inaugurates National End Malaria Council with Dangote as Chairman
*Dangote Pledges private sector support Chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has been named the pioneer Chair of the National
Nigeria’ll save N2trn from eliminating malaria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria would be saving about N687 billion in 2022 and N2 trillion by 2030 by ending malaria transmission in the
