The new Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate has pledged his commitment to ensuring the effective implementation of policies that would enhance the standard of the Health Sector and improve the lives of Nigerians. Prof Pate made this while meeting the top management and staff of the ministry at the reception in Abuja. He assured that the duties and obligations of the Health Ministry in the […]
The Deputy Director, Public Health Department, FCTA Mrs. Hauwa Suleiman, has called for effective collaboration among stakeholders to ensure adequate sensitization on preventative measures are put in the front burner to guard against emerging diseases in the territory. She made the call when the advocacy team implementing Resilience Sustainable Health System in the FCT paid her a visit in Abuja. Mrs Suleiman who said documentation of activities are key to […]
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said it is making efforts to ensure the elimination of trans-fats consumption in food. Speaking at a press briefing to announce the gazette of reviewed Fats, Oil, and Food containing Fats and Oil Regulation 2022 and Pre-Packaged Food Labelling Regulation 2022, Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said the move came as part of efforts to reduce the rising […]
Dr Chinny Obinwanne, founder, Milk booster and Milkbank Nigeria, has advised mothers lactating poorly and working-class nursing mothers unable to breastfeed their babies to embrace the pasteurised donor human milk. Obinwanne said that this was most suitable for babies rather than supplementing the breast milk with formula. The MilkBank boss, also a lactation consultant, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, in commemoration of the 2023 World […]
To mitigate Nigeria's rising cancer burden, the Federal Government through the Ministry of Health and FCT Administration, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Medicaid Cancer Foundation, and City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) to address the challenge. The landmark MOU which was signed in Abuja, makes Nigeria’s capital part of the growing network of cities committed to improving cancer care. Abuja is the 14th […]
The Federal Government has been called upon to properly channel accruing revenue from increased taxes on Cigarettes, Tobacco, Alcoholic beverages and Sugar to the Health sector. The Executive Director, Centre for Social Justice, Mr. Eze Onyekpere made the call at a workshop on Innovative and Alternative Funding of the Health Sector in Abuja. Mr. Oyekpere who said these taxes were justifiable due to the health dangers of over consumption of […]
To sustain Nigeria' s stride, as a polio free nation, the Federal Capital Territory Administration is to vaccinate over 1.2m children against a new strain of Variant Polio Virus type2. The Acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA Mr Malan Haruna who stated this during the flag-off of Routine Immunization Intensification Campaign in Abuja, said the children will be vaccinated with two different types of […]
The House of Representatives has again reiterated the need to find a lasting solution to the incessant strikes by Residents Doctors in the country The Deputy Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee set up to look into the demands of the striking doctors, Tanko Sununu stated this at a meeting with the National Association of Resident Doctors and other stakeholders in Abuja. The Deputy Chairman who presided over the meeting urged them to be reasonable and give the […]
The Kano State Government has established three treatment centres as the cases of diphtheria in the state surged beyond 130. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Yusuf, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the state had deployed the necessary mechanisms to curtail the spread of the disease. He disclosed that over 130 persons were admitted last Monday alone as the case continued to rise. Giving an update on the […]
