Maame Akosua Asante, a Senior Midwife at the Achimota Hospital has encouraged Pregnant ladies in their ninth(9th) month to have more sex as they do require it. As indicated by the maternity specialist Akosua Asante [Read more…]
The report highlights significant advances made since the launch of the UN’s Every Woman Every Child movement 10 years ago, including more than one billion children being vaccinated, and deaths of under-fives reaching an all-time [Read more…]
The Chairman JOHESU National Ear Centre, Morakinyo Olajide-Rilwan said that the strike was suspended after a meeting with the national body in Abuja. “It was suspended because it is a warning strike and we are [Read more…]
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the situation on Tuesday in Enugu, observed that health workers were busy at their various duty posts. Some patients at the hospital expressed joy that they [Read more…]
Health workers under the aegis of the Joint Action Congress, Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Friday suspended their two months’ industrial action. A press statement by the union, after a meeting with hospital management, JAC said [Read more…]
The Executive Secretary, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, (CISHAN), Walter Ugwuocha, on Thursday said that 46, 000 persons are undergoing treatment for HIV/AIDS infection in Kogi State. Ugwuocha who was speaking during the North [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Thursday expressed worries over the current surge in cases of COVID-19 in Europe. WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge expressed concern that the weekly cases now exceeded those [Read more…]
The Civil Society on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, CiSHAN, has called on the Global Fund and other donor agencies to increase their commitment to HIV Self Testing in Nigeria as a means of reaching the unreached [Read more…]
The German government says a vaccine for coronavirus would not be available globally before the middle of 2021. Research Minister Anja Karliczek said this in Berlin on Tuesday. He stated that it was important to [Read more…]
Healthcare workers at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Monday, joined the nationwide strike called by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU). NAN reports that many essential places in the hospital, including the pharmacy, [Read more…]
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnumbe Mamora, has said that the Federal Government has paid up to N20bn as COVID-19 allowance to doctors and health workers in the country. Speaking during an interview on [Read more…]
Man drowning. File cpy A General Physician, Dr Peter Atangwho, on Tuesday urged men to desist from bathing with hot water frequently to prevent low sperm count and other fertility problems. Atangwho, the Chief Executive [Read more…]
The taskforce set up by Oyo state government to regulate operations of private health facilities has sealed no fewer than six health facilities. The six health facilities were sealed in both Ibadan and Oyo town. [Read more…]
The Nigerian government on Friday said it has received samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire received the samples from the Russia Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin, during a visit to the [Read more…]
The Lagos State Government has confirmed 19 new COVID-19 cases in the state. It explained that the 19 cases were part of the 436 samples collected and tested for the virus. The State’s Commissioner for [Read more…]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has threatened to begin another nationwide strike starting from September 7. The association in a statement signed by the President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba; Secretary, Dr Bilqis Mohammad, and the [Read more…]
. The talented Hollywood actor ‘The Rock’ and his family have been hit with the deadly coronavirus about 3 weeks ago. He shared this in an 11-minute video saying “I wanted to give you guys [Read more…]
An Ilorin based medical expert, Dr Oladayo David Awoyale, on Wednesday, advised Nigerians to imbibe the culture of making budgetary provisions for their healthcare. He gave the advice at a health talk during the monthly [Read more…]
The Nigerian Union in South Africa, NUSA, has said that 11 Nigerians have so far died of the coronavirus disease in that country. The President of the union, Mr Adetola Olubajo, in a statement on [Read more…]
The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration, ARD-FCTA, have declared an indefinite strike commencing on Tuesday, September 1. The group in a statement signed by Roland Aigbovo and Mustapha Ibrahim, chairman and general [Read more…]
The Association of Resident Doctors, federal capital territory administration (ARD-FCTA) have declared an indefinite strike starting Tuesday, September 1.This was disclosed through a communiqué signed by Roland Aigbovo and Mustapha Ibrahim, chairman and general secretary [Read more…]
President Akufo-Addo has said persons who continue to flout the Covid-19 safety protocols will be dealt with by the law. He was concerned that the decline in the country’s case count had caused a lack [Read more…]
In line with President Akufo-Addo’s announcement for the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to international traffic September 1, the Aviation Ministry, in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has disinfected the facility. The [Read more…]
. Each person coming into Ghana after reopening of Kotoka International Airport will pay $150 to have a PCR test according to the Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Okoe Boye Speaking at a press briefing held [Read more…]
The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has topped 25 million. United States has the highest tally with nearly six million cases. In Brazil, number of cases are almost 3.9 million, while India has recorded [Read more…]
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has reportedly recovered after testing positive to COVID-19. The Commissioner was said to have been tested positive for COVID-19 and had since gone into isolation. The [Read more…]
Reproductive health stakeholders in Niger State have raised fears over poor funding for family planning and severe funding shortages to Child Spacing Advocacy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic response in the State. The experts say more [Read more…]
A facebook user, Vivian Onuoha took to her account to share photos of the lice that was found in a woman’s hair. She advised ladies to not only focus on the external looks- wearing expensive [Read more…]
The immediate past Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching hospital, Professor Etete Peters, have expressed dismay over the funding of healthcare institutions in the country, saying the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed [Read more…]
A Plant Physiologist, Dr Olufunmilayo Idowu, has advised Nigerians to eat mushrooms. The expert said the antioxidant content of mushrooms protects the human body against cancer. Idowu gave the advice in an interview with the [Read more…]
One of Mamman Daura’s sons, Mohammed, has said his father is hale and heart. Earlier this week, reports emerged that Daura, who is a nephew and close confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari, was flown abroad [Read more…]
476 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-235FCT-44Kaduna-41Borno-33Plateau-28Abia-13Edo-13Rivers-12Imo-11Oyo-10Kano-9Kwara-7Enugu-5Katsina-5Gombe-4Ogun-4Nasarawa-1Zamfara-1 50,964 confirmed37,569 discharged992 deaths A breakdown of cases by state can be found via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng #TakeResponsibility Source: Igbowatch Loading… Newzandar News
Professor Wale Suleiman, Special Adviser on Health to the Kwara State Governor, has resigned his appointment. This was contained in a statement by the governor’s spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye in Ilorin, on Wednesday. According to the [Read more…]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night, announced 593 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The new cases were reported from 16 states: 1Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), [Read more…]
Mamman Daura, a nephew and close confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown to the United Kingdom for urgent medical treatment over an undisclosed ailment. Daura, 79, was said to have been flown in [Read more…]
No fewer than 25 health workers have been infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Anambra State. Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Vincent Okpala confirmed this on Tuesday while speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day [Read more…]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has confirmed that it has so far recorded forty-eight, 48, COVID-19 related deaths. FCTA in a tweet on Sunday said the total number of confirmed cases in the nation’s capital [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The National Council on Health, NCH, has approved the 2020 Basic Health Care Provision Fund, BHCPF, a guideline which the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Nwafor Sunday Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force, PTF, Thursday said that out of thirteen thousand, eight hundred and forty-four, (13,844), evacuees tested for covid-19, about six hundred [Read more…]
By Chioma Obinna, Omeiza Ajayi & Gabriel Olawale The federal government said, yesterday, it was currently studying the claims of Russia to a vaccine for Coronavirus. This is even as Nigeria, in recent weeks, for [Read more…]
By Chioma Obinna, Omeiza Ajayi & Gabriel Olawale The federal government said, yesterday, it was currently studying the claims of Russia to a vaccine for Coronavirus. This is even as Nigeria, in recent weeks, for [Read more…]
By Chioma Obinna, Omeiza Ajayi & Gabriel Olawale The federal government said, yesterday, it was currently studying the claims of Russia to a vaccine for Coronavirus. This is even as Nigeria, in recent weeks, for [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Health, has expressed worry over the resurgence of COVID-19 infection in health workers. Mamora said this during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task [Read more…]
While menstrual cramps are rarely a cause for concern, when severe, they can disrupt normal activities. Menstruation is a natural part of a woman’s life, but painful menstrual cramps are a very frustrating problem for [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Lagos State branch, last week, elected new executive officers with Dr Adetunji Adenekan emerging as Chairman. The executive officers were elected shortly after [Read more…]
Fifty persons are infected with HIV on a daily basis in Adamawa State. The state Coordinator of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, Farah James, who disclosed this to newsmen in Yola, also said about [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Mrs Ifeoma Anagbogu, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMWA), says women and children are the one’s worse hit by the lockdown, occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic. Anagbogu stated this [Read more…]
The Bauchi State chapter of the International Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA) has threatened to institute legal action against the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) and the Bauchi State Specialist Hospital, both in [Read more…]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night, announced 423 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. The new cases were reported from 22 states: Lagos (117), FCT (40), Ondo (35), Rivers (28), Osun (24), Benue [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Sola Ogundipe Medical supplies including Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, have been donated by Novo Nordisk Nigeria to 12 tertiary and secondary hospitals in support of the country’s national response to [Read more…]
© Newzandar News