NGO Task Government On The Plight Of Disables In Adamawa

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspndent ____ The founder of Debbie Kauna Foundation a non Governmental organization, Mrs. Deborah Buba, has appeal to the Government at all levels to come to their aid of people living with disabilities. The international day of persons with disabilities is annually observed on third December to promote the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities and this year’s theme is “Building back better towards a disability-inclusive, accessible and...

Update -The Untold Story: COVID-19 Hampers Fight Against HIV As 50 Persons Are Infected Weekly in Adamawa

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ As COVID-19 swept, Farah James, watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive patients she helped in the rural Adamawa stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor’s visits. The state Coordinator of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, Farah James had to squeeze the little she had to reach the vulnerable targets in the rural and other urban communities outside Yola, the state capital. Amid the pandemic,...

HIV/AIDS Prevalence Drops to 0.4 in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Government on Tuesday said HIV/AIDS prevalence in the state significantly dropped from 6.8 per cent recorded in 2001 to 0.4 per cent in 2019. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro, made the disclosure in Bauchi on Tuesday at an event to mark World AIDS Day, annually celebrated on Dec. 1 to raise awareness on the scourge and remember those who died of the condition. Maigoro said 25,809 people were presently living...

Bauchi Community Records 47 Snake Bites in 7 Months

Mr. Adamu Suleiman, Secretary, Duguri Ward Development Committee (WDC), in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State says the community witnessed about 42 snake bites from May to November 2020. Suleiman said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Duguri. He noted that snake bites had become rampant in the community, threatening the daily existence of the people. Suleiman attributed the existence of snakes in the community to...

FG Appoints National Task Team On COVID-19 Vaccine

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has appointed a National Task Team on COVID-19 vaccine, tasked with the responsibility to acquire and deploy vaccines in the country. The information is in a statement signed by Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director of Hospital Services in the ministry on Tuesday in Abuja. She noted that members of health is the Chairman of the Task Team, while the minister of State for Health, Olorunimbe Mamora, will serve as Alternate Chairman....

FG Inaugurates Ministerial Health Insurance Committee For Retirees, Elderly

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday in Abuja, inaugurated a ministerial committee that will develop a framework for the provision of health insurance for retirees and the elderly in Nigeria. He said it was part of the present administration’s commitment to improve access to healthcare in the country. He added that “it underscores the resolve and commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to promote the wellbeing of ageing citizens through provision of health...

World Physicians Appeal to Iran to Intervene Against Execution of Doctor

The World Medical Association (WMA) has appealed to leaders of Iran to intervene in preventing the imminent execution of an Iranian-born Swedish doctor. In a letter to the Supreme Leader and President of Iran, the WMA President Dr. David Barbe and Chair Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery disclosed that report indicated that the death sentence would shortly be carried out on Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who is a specialist in emergency medicine. They said the news appalled...

Senate Passes Bill to Make Health Insurance Mandatory For All Nigerians

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, says the senate has passed a bill that will make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerians. Oloriegbe disclosed this at the inauguration of Group Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP) on Thursday in Abuja. “We have passed it in the Senate. Two Committees on health from the Senate and the House of Representatives worked on the bill, so the bill is before the House...

NGO flags off Hepatitis Elimination Program in Taraba

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent A non-governmental Organization Center for Initiative Development CFID based in Taraba State, North East Nigeria has flagged off a Community Hepatitis Elimination Programme with a modern Digital Diagnostic Center in Jalingo, the state capital. Speaking at the occasion, the Executive Director of CFID, Mr. Danjuma Adda said the new Secretariat and the Digital Diagnostic Center launched will enhance a swift diagnosis of Hepatitis and other diseases. He informed that it...

Yellow Fever Update: Three More LGAs In Enugu State Reports Yellow Fever as Cause Of Strange Deaths

The Enugu State Government has confirmed Yellow Fever as the cause of the strange illness and deaths in Nsukka, Isi-Uzo and Igbo-Etiti Local Government Areas of Enugu State. Days after the confirmation of the outbreak of yellow fever in Igbo-Eze North LGA, the Enugu State Ministry of Health received reports of strange deaths in communities in three LGAs within Enugu North and Enugu East senatorial zones; The Enugu State Ministry of Health Rapid Response Team,...

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