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 ... as Malaria Society takes campaign to riverine areas on World Malaria Day As part of activities marking the 2017 Malaria World Day, members of the Malaria Society of Nigeria rolled out a two-day free treatment and sensitisation…

ABUJA – The Federal Government, Friday,  inaugurated  the Governing Boards/Councils for some of the regulatory bodies for institutions under the Federal Ministry of Health. The appointments were approved by President Muhammadu…

Sokoto commences vaccination campaign Targets 2 million people ABUJA, SOKOTO – The number of new cases of suspected meningitis being reported has begun to decline as outbreak control measures take effect, the Nigeria…

Says imported fish, turkey, others  are preserved with drugs ABUJA – Nigeria must join the rest of the world to take drastic actions to stop growing rate of antibiotic resistance in the nation, and across the globe. Such actions…

From research, statistics have proven that a woman’s lifetime risk of dying from pregnancy or childbearing-related in Nigeria is one in three women. Under five mortality rate, that is probability of dying between birth and exactly five…

Bans chloroquine, artemisin monotherapy for treating disease Unveils Made-in-Nigeria ITN ABUJA - The Federal Government has directed healthcare practitioners across the country to ensure that individuals  with symptoms of…

Says disabilities are not liabilities, but for development The Federal Government, through the National Health Insurance, NHIS, yesterday launched a community-based health insurance for disabled community, otherwise known as Disabled…

Calls for more political commitments against scourge 300,000 die in Nigeria of disease, US says The World Health Organization, WHO, has reassured the world, especially Nigeria and other nations contending with malaria, that it…

... jubilation as 60,000 residents benefit They came from different parts of the state with different ailments requiring medical attention.  But most of them  are walking back home with smiles and  commendations for the state  government…

BUNGUDU (ZAMFARA) – Two officials of Bungudu Local Council in Zamfara have been ordered to produce the missing Meningitis vaccines allocated to the area or be sanctioned. The affected officials are the local council’s Director of…