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Over 1,000 FCT Residents Benefit From Renewed Hope Free Medical Outreach
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Over 1,000 FCT Residents Benefit From Renewed Hope Free Medical Outreach

Over one thousand people have benefitted from a Renewed Hope Free Medical Outreach organized by the Federal Capital Territory Administration in Kuje Area Council. At the event in Abuja, the Mandate Secretary, FCTA Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe said the Medical Outreach was borne out of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's renewed Hope Agenda for health. Dr Fasawe noted that the free Medical Outreach was designed for the poorest […]

todayJune 12, 2024

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FCTA To Conduct Free Medical Services To Mark Tinubu’s 1yr Anniversary

In continuation of activities to mark President Tinubu's one year in office, the FCTA Health Services and Environment Secretariat is to give a free comprehensive medical care to Abuja residents. The FCTA is also to give a one year free health insurance for pregnant women to encourage proper ante-natal care towards checking infant and maternal mortality. Mandate Secretary, FCTA Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe stated this in […]

todayJune 11, 2024

AHBN Announces Ground Breaking Fund To Support Health Journalists
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AHBN Announces Ground Breaking Fund To Support Health Journalists

The Africa Health Budget Network Coordinator, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba has announced a commitment of One Million Naira as a take-off grant for the new innovative financing mechanism ‘Emergency and Health Hazards Trust Fund’. The Africa Health Budget Network, is a regional group that uses budget advocacy to influence adequate health spending and improve transparency and accountability.  Dr Magashi made the announcement in Abuja at the congress of the Association […]

todayJune 9, 2024

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FG Targets 5m Nigs Under National Eye Health Prog

Five million persons living with preventable eye defects are being targeted across the country for treatment and provision of eye glasses by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. This will be achieved by the ministry through various programmes in collaboration with partners under the National Eye Health Programme, NEHP. National Coordinator, National Eye Health Programme, NEHP, Doctor Oteri Eme Okolo disclosed this in Okene during the flag off […]

todayJune 6, 2024

Nigeria Inaugurates National Genomics Surveillance Consortium
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Nigeria Inaugurates National Genomics Surveillance Consortium

The Federal government has commissioned a National Genomics Surveillance Consortium (NGSC) to develop and review national strategies for genomic sequencing. Genomic sequencing is a process for analyzing a sample of DNA taken from the blood. At the event in Abuja, the Director General, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris said the consortium would also promote collaboration between stakeholders in Nigeria that are involved in […]

todayMay 31, 2024

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FG Reiterates Commitment To Boost Health Supply Procurement

  In a bid to boost the health care sector, the Federal Ministry of Health has assured Nigerians of an effective health supply procurement to enhance service delivery in the interest of all citizens. The Minister of Heath Mohammed Ali Pate who made the call at a workshop in Abuja, said the essence of the workshop was to build the health supply chain for efficiency and reliability. The Minister, who […]

todayMay 31, 2024

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NACHPN Takes Step To Strengthen Nig’s Health System

The National Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria, NACHPN, has called for the inclusion of Telemedicine in the training curriculum of Community Health Practitioners in the country. This is contained in a Communique at the end of NACHPN's National Workshop held in Kano State with the theme"Strengthening the Nigerian Health System: Roles of Community Health Practitioners". According to the Communique, a possible and sustainable telemedicine scheme needed to be […]

todayMay 31, 2024

Health Stakeholders Call For Establishment Of Nutrition Departments In MDA's
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Health Stakeholders Call For Establishment Of Nutrition Departments In MDA’s

Stakeholders in the Health and Nutrition sector have called for the establishment of Nutrition Departments in all Ministries and agencies in the country. At a media Roundtable on the Establishment of Nutrition Departments and its Impact on Nutrition Coordination in Abuja, the president, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Professor Wasiu Afolabi said that was to ensure cohesive policy implementation and improved resource allocation for nutrition interventions. The President noted that a […]

todayMay 29, 2024

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AMAC Sensitizes On Menstrual Health, Hygiene & Environmental Sustainability

In a bid to address the challenges of improper waste management in the FCT, the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has launched an awareness campaign on the importance of menstrual health, hygiene, and environmental sustainability. The campaign aims to tackle the high rate of improper waste disposal in the council. According to the Director of Environment, AMAC, Hajiya Hannatu Ibrahim, the sensitization and awareness campaign coincides with World Menstrual Day, […]

todayMay 29, 2024