The Plateau State government has expressed worries over the continued stigmatization of people living with HIV in the state. Dr. Cletus Shurkuk, the State Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen to kickstart the series of events to celebrate the 2024 World’s AIDS Day with the theme: “Take the Right Path to End HIV/AIDS”. The Commissioner added that the theme resonated deeply with the government’s commitment in Plateau State to prioritize health equity...

The federal government will soon launch a national policy on organ transplantation in December 2024. Daju Kachollom, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, disclosed this during a stakeholder meeting in Abuja on guidelines for organ donation and transplantation organized by the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee (NTHISC) alongside other partners. The Permanent Secretary who was represented by Dr Jimoh Salaudeen, Director of Hospital Services, explained that the ministry has established the...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday called for an evaluation of Medecins Sans Frontieres’ activities and programmes in Borno state. The commission while presenting a report to Borno state absolved the Nigerian military of complicity in the reported termination of about 10,000 pregnancies in the North East. Recall that on December 7, 2022, Reuters published a report alleging that since 2013, the Nigerian military conducted a secret, systematic, and illegal abortion programme in...

Eko Club International (ECI), a global body of Lagos Diaspora indigenes, has offered free medical check-ups, medications and treatment for over 6,000 indigent residents of Lagos State. The President of ECI, Chief Saheed Olushi stated this while addressing journalists at the dinner organised at the palace of Elegbeda of Egbeda, Oba Abdul-Hammed Oorelope-Laka, after the club’s 2024 Medical Mission, held in some Lagos communities. According to reports, the intervention in Egbeda in Alimosho Local Government...

The National Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System to include Kaduna State’s Ministry of Health, aiming to bring doorstep ambulance services to rural communities is underway. Dr. Saidu Ahmed, National Programme Manager of the emergency system, disclosed this during a stakeholder workshop in Kaduna focused on implementing Rural Ambulance and Transportation Services. Dr Ahmed, who is also Senior Medical Adviser to the Minister of Health, stated that the system’s goal is of ensuring emergency medical...