Health Minister

• Health minister suspends additional 8 key officers ABUJA - A Combined team of security operatives have taken over the headquarters and annex office of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Abuja. Both offices are located at Jabi…

• Seek allocation of 1% Consolidated Revenue Fund for health sector ABUJA - Health Correspondents, under the aegis of Association of Nigeria Health Journalists (ANHEJ) have appealed to the Federal Government to, among other…

…Joins FG, UN to celebrate life of late UNFPA icon ABUJA - The attitude of late former Minister of Health and Executive-Director, United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, Prof Babatunde Osotimehin, towards female gender began from the way…

● Health Minister restates commitment to quality FP service delivery at all levels of health care ● NURHI calls for more funding of services Issues of family planning and improved quality of life took the centre stage yesterday as the…

UNFPA pledges psychosocial support, reproductive health services The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, says  President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that relevant public institution should ensure that adequate care is given to…

... Minister meets commissioners on how to end frequent outbreak in the country The Federal Government says it has deployed epidemiologists and vaccines to arrest the outbreak of a new a strain of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in parts…

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has confirmed the death of a health practitioner as a result of Lassa fever in Ogun State. A statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by Director, Media and Public Relations Mrs.Boade…

Any state of the Federation that announces its health budget and releases the funds for implementation in 2017 will be rewarded with a special grant of N135.5 million ($300,000) by the Federal Government. This incentive was announced by…

Health minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole  has called on nations on the African continent to explore ways of producing drugs for HIV/AIDS locally and halt dependence on nations of other regions where the drugs are imported. He made the call…

… NMA says over 2m people are diabetic in the country ABUJA: Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday decried the growing rate of diabetes in the country, saying the disease was becoming an epidemic. He particularly expressed fear…