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NACHPN Commends Tinubu’s Approval Of Health Fellows Prog

    The President, National Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria, NACHPN, Comrade Kabir Yahaya Ahmed has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving establishment of the National Health Fellows Programme to engage young Nigerian Fellows in all the 774 Local Government Areas in the country. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on the development, Comrade Ahmed also described the planned construction of over eight thousand Primary Healthcare Centres equally approved […]

todayApril 12, 2024 442

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First Pig Kidney In A Human: Is This The Future Of Transplants?

The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig was discharged from hospital on Wednesday last week. Richard “Rick” Slayman, 62, who had been suffering from end-stage kidney disease, no longer needs dialysis after the groundbreaking procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School’s biggest teaching hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Slayman had been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, which means his kidneys could not function […]

todayApril 12, 2024 5

Matching Fund: Stakeholders Seek Commitment Of State Governments
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Matching Fund: Stakeholders Seek Commitment Of State Governments

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative, Cristian Munduate has stressed the need for the Federal, state, and Local Governments to unlock the Nutrition Matching Fund for the welfare and survival of children in the country. The UNICEF Country Director who stated this in Abuja, at the National Nutrition Technical Working Group (NNTWG) meeting said 34 Million children received doses of Vitamin A in 2023. She noted that a […]

todayApril 11, 2024 4

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Alzheimer’s: Thousands To Do Trial Blood Tests For Dementia

Thousands of people are to be offered a blood test for dementia as part of a trial run by memory clinics across the UK. The hope is that more people will be able to access care, support and new drug treatments at an earlier stage. The research, by University College London and the University of Oxford, will involve around 5,000 volunteers. The five-year project will study blood tests for Alzheimer's […]

todayApril 4, 2024 11

Stop TB Global Appoints Remi Tinubu, 36 States First Ladies TB Champions
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Stop TB Global Appoints Remi Tinubu, 36 States First Ladies TB Champions

“Nigeria Doesn’t Need Technical Assistance To Fight TB- Dittu Stop TB Global has appointed the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu as Global TB Champion, and the 36 States’ First Ladies as national tuberculosis Champions to influence the fight to end the disease in Nigeria. At the investiture ceremony in Abuja, the Executive Director of the Global Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Dr Lucica Ditiu, stressed the need for Nigeria […]

todayMarch 29, 2024 16 1

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Use Your Positions To Assist Vulnerable People – Anglican Primate

Primate Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba has called on those in authority to use their positions to alleviate the plight of the downtrodden in the society. Addressing the congregation during the Washing of Feet service held at the cathedral Church of Advent, Life Camp Abuja, Archbishop Ndukuba said Jesus washing the feet of his disciples shows humility and compassion. He therefore advised leaders to follow the […]

todayMarch 28, 2024 11

TB: National Assembly To Strengthen Advocacy For Improved Interventions
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TB: National Assembly To Strengthen Advocacy For Improved Interventions

As part of efforts to find the missing Tuberculosis, TB cases in the Federal Capital Territory, stakeholders in the health sector embarked on a road walk in FCT, to create awareness about tuberculosis in commemoration of World TB Day 2024. At the flag-off ceremony in Abuja, the Chairman House Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Amobi Ogah stressed the for Government, Private sector, and Civil Society Organizations and all Nigerians […]

todayMarch 27, 2024 6

Tuberculosis: Clergy Seeks Regular Awareness Campaign On Causes, Treatment
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Tuberculosis: Clergy Seeks Regular Awareness Campaign On Causes, Treatment

The Federal Government has been advised to always ensure regular awareness campaigns on the causes and treatment of tuberculosis towards combating the disease in the country. A Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Kenedy Ohazuru -ike gave the advice when a delegation from the Ministry of Health took the awareness campaign to St Donald's Catholic Church, Karu Abuja According to Reverend Father Ohazuruike, the church will not relent in collaborating with stakeholders […]

todayMarch 25, 2024 4

At least one Nigerian dies every five minutes as a result of Tuberculosis, (TB) disease.
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Tuberculosis: Experts Seek More Political Commitment To Curb Disease

At least one Nigerian dies every five minutes as a result of Tuberculosis, (TB) disease. Experts in health and Tuberculosis control, have expressed worry over the negative TB data in Nigeria, this is as new data reveals that one Nigerian dies every five minutes as a result of Tuberculosis disease. Also in 2022, out of the 424,000 tuberculosis-related deaths in Africa about 97,900 occurred in Nigeria which is the highest […]

todayMarch 19, 2024 17

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