No Treatment For Dengue Fever, Exercise Caution — NCDC
No Treatment For Dengue Fever, Exercise Caution — NCDC The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said there is no specific treatment available for the dengue fever. It, therefore, urged Nigerians especially people living in Sokoto, to take preventive measures against the virus.The NCDC had on Saturday confirmed the outbreak of dengue fever […]
NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians To Counterfeit Injection In Circulation
NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians To Counterfeit Injection In Circulation The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians, particularly healthcare providers, to one batch of counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection being purchased in Nigeria. The information is contained in a public alert No. 036/2023, signed by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. […]
My Mental Health Is At Stake, I’m Going Through Hell – BBNaija’s Phyna Cries Out
My Mental Health Is At Stake, I’m Going Through Hell – BBNaija’s Phyna Cries Out Big Brother Naija season 7 winner, Ijeoma Josephine Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has cried out over her mental health. The reality star in a post on her Instagram page on Friday, disclosed that she is going through a challenging […]
Osun Government To Approve Six Months Maternity Leave
Osun Government To Approve Six Months Maternity Leave Osun State Government to approve six months maternity leave for nursing mothers. The Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Public Health, Dr Akindele Adekunle made this known at a one day symposium on celebrating enabling breastfeeding environment for working mothers in Osogbo on […]
Edo begins ‘Outbreak Response Campaign’ against Polio Virus
The Edo Primary Health Care Development Agency says it has scheduled its “Outbreak Response Campaign” against the circulating variant polio virus from September 16 to September 19. Mrs Irene Uabor, the agency’s Health Education Officer, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin on Friday. Uabor said two drops of the Novel […]
Panic In Ebonyi As Hospital Alerts Of New COVID Variant Outbreak
Fear has gripped hospital workers in Ebonyi State following an internal memo within the National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, alerting workers of an outbreak of a new variant of COVID-19 in the State. The internal memo dated August 22, 2023, emanated from the office of the head of clinical services and was addressed […]
Healthcare: Abia State, Under Ikpeazu, Topples Chart By Winning Golden Badge
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) under its Primary Healthcare Under One Roof program, (PHCUOR) has declared Abia State the winner of its Golden Badge Award after recording the highest score nationwide at 100%. This recent Scorecard Assessment was conducted in August/September 2022 which was analyzed to produce the 2022 result which put […]
Rivers Families Stranded As Spill From Shell Manifold Destroys Source Of Drinking Water.
Some families in Omuobizu, Omkpoba and Mgbere Communities of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, have raised the alarm that their underground water has been destroyed by spillage from the manifold operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC in the area. It was gathered that the said oil facility had had a major underground […]
Anthrax May Be Spreading Across Nigeria, NCDC Warns
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that anthrax disease may have spread to every part of the country. The NCDC said this hours after the Federal Government through the Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the first case of the disease in Niger state. It was reported, yesterday, the first case of […]
Reps to NCDC: Intensify Awareness To Curtail Diphtheria Spread
The house of representatives has asked the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to “intensify” awareness in order to curtail the spread of diphtheria in the country. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during plenary on Thursday, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Muktar Shagaya, a lawmaker from Kwara State. The lawmaker […]