COVID-19: ADCSDA To Engage 1,950 Under Labour-Intensive Public Workforce In Adamawa

HealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: ADCSDA To Engage 1,950 Under Labour-Intensive Public Workforce In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2022

The Labour-Intensive Public Workfare (LIPW) implemented by Adamawa State Community and Social Development Agency, (ADCSDA) will engage 1,950 beneficiaries across the 21 local governments under the Nigerian COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, (AN-CARES) Programme. The World Bank assisted programme which began with orientation and enrollment targeted youths and women whose ages are between 18-50 from vulnerable homes aimed to provide them with employment opportunities through the development and maintenance of local infrastructure that do not...

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Troops Clears Out Refuse In Sabon Gari, Kano

HealthNewsNigeriaTroops Clears Out Refuse In Sabon Gari, Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 3, 2022

To ensure cleanliness of the environment in Sabon Gari area of Fagge local government area of Kano state, troops of the 3 Brigade Nigerian Army led by the commander Brigadier General Sinyinah Nicodemus have cleared out refuse from drainages at Igbo Road. The gesture is to mark the Army Day celebrations and was part of the corporate social responsibility of the Nigerian Army to their host communities. The troops of the 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army...

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77 Persons Tested Positive In Taraba State

HealthNews77 Persons Tested Positive In Taraba State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 28, 2022

The Taraba AIDS Control Agency (TACA) has embarked on mass testing for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, in the state. The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Garba Danjuma while speaking at a weekly review meeting held in Jalingo, the state capital,  said 2,156 persons tested across the 16 LGAs of the state last week with 77 persons positive. He revealed that the state has 36,396 persons who are currently victims of HIV and are also...

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Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Sealed 358 Illegal Shops In Abuja

HealthNewsPharmacists Council of Nigeria Sealed 358 Illegal Shops In Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 26, 2022

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) said it has sealed 358 illegal premises in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between Monday and Thursday this week. Pharmacist Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, Registrar of the Council who disclosed this yesterday while briefing newsmen in Abuja said 90 pharmacies and 268 patent medicine shops were sealed out of a total of 584 premises visited during the enforcement exercise. Ahmed added that four patent medicine vendors were arrested, stressing that...

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Kaduna State To Distributes 5.5million Insecticide Treated Nets

HealthNewsKaduna State To Distributes 5.5million Insecticide Treated Nets

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 24, 2022

The Kaduna State in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme and with funding support from the Global Fund Malaria Project has commenced the process of giving 2022 Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) to 5.5million residents of the state. Maryam I. Kure, the state’s health promotion officer, Kaduna State Ministry of Education disclosed this during a media parley held in Kaduna, explained that the ministry will flag off the campaign on 6th July, 2022, in an...

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23 Million Nigerian Children Receive Chemo-prevention Against Malaria—-Buhari

HealthNewsNigeria23 Million Nigerian Children Receive Chemo-prevention Against Malaria—-Buhari

PilotnewsJune 24, 2022

Some 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, aiding reduction in severe malaria in children in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari made the declaration on Friday in Kigali at the Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The summit is part of activities at the on-going 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Rwandan capital. President Buhari was represented by the Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire, who delivered...

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Mobile App to Prevent Skin Cancer Launched, Available for Download

HealthNewsWorld NewsMobile App to Prevent Skin Cancer Launched, Available for Download

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 23, 2022

In a move to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 3, which aims to ensure healthy lives and well-being worldwide by 2030, a consortium of UN agencies on Tuesday launched an innovative mobile application that would help curb skin cancer. The application, the collective brainchild of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), was launched to help protect individuals...

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48 Million Nigerians Still Defecate Openly- Report

EnvironmentHealth48 Million Nigerians Still Defecate Openly- Report

PilotnewsJune 21, 2022

ABUJA — No fewer than 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, according to the newly released 2021 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH-NORM) III Report. This is the thrust at the inauguration of the 2021 WASH-NORM III Report in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, said slow progress being made in improving water and sanitation services was due to population expansion, low commitments from states and...

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Patriotic Enugu Indigene Donates Medical Equipment To Udenu Type 3 Healthcare Centre, Orba Enugu

HealthNewsWellnessPatriotic Enugu Indigene Donates Medical Equipment To Udenu Type 3 Healthcare Centre, Orba Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 16, 2022

ENUGU — The healthcare centre in Orba Udenu Local Government Area, Enugu State has received some medical equipment from Dave Ogbonnaya Ugwu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dumaco Best Properties Limited. Some of the equipment includes two Neonatal incubators, phototherapy machine, two Radiant warmers, a portable Anesthetic machine, and others. Presenting the equipment to Udenu Type-3 Healthcare centre in the presence of the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ikechukwu Obi, and the management team of the...

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Tems Diagnosed With Reflux Laryngitis, Takes A Break From Music

EntertainmentHealthNewsTems Diagnosed With Reflux Laryngitis, Takes A Break From Music

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 14, 2022

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Temilade Openiyi, known as Tems, has been diagnosed with Reflux Laryngitis, a voice disorder that results from irritation and swelling of the vocal folds. Tems disclosed the sad development via her social media pages. The singer’s heartfelt note to her fans read: “It breaks my heart to say this but there’s no other option for me. I’m not feeling too good at the moment. “After my last performance, I was diagnosed...

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