play_arrow

keyboard_arrow_right

Listeners:

Top listeners:

skip_previous skip_next
00:00 00:00
playlist_play chevron_left
volume_up
Go to album
  • cover play_arrow

    Kapital FM 92.9 The Station that Rocks!

Health

362 Results / Page 38 of 41
insert_link

Health

FCTA Harps On Preventive Measures Against Emerging Diseases0

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 […]

todayAugust 20, 2023

insert_link

Health

NAFDAC Warns Against Fatty Food Consumption

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 […]

todayAugust 11, 2023

insert_link

Featured

Breastfeeding Week: Milkbank CEO Advocates Pasteurised Donor Human Milk

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 […]

todayAugust 4, 2023

insert_link

Health

FG, Foundation Signs MOU To Address Cancer In Nigeria

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 […]

todayAugust 3, 2023

insert_link

Featured

CSJ Seeks More Funding For Health Sector

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 […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

insert_link

Featured

FCTA To Vaccinate 1.2m Children Against Type2 Polio Strain

        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 […]

todayJuly 29, 2023

Health

HOR Seeks Lasting Solutions To Incessant Strikes By Doctors

      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 […]

todayJuly 28, 2023

insert_link

Featured

Diphtheria: 130 Hospitalised In Kano, States Begin Immunisation

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 […]

todayJuly 28, 2023

insert_link

Featured

FG Raises Hazard Allowance For NAFDAC, NCDC, Others’ Workers

The Federal Government has approved the upward review of hazard allowance for non-hospital-based health professionals in the country. The government made this known in a circular dated July 26, 2023, and signed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta. The circular was titled, “Review of hazard allowance for non-hospital-based agencies on the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure and the Consolidated Health […]

todayJuly 28, 2023