Governors of the 36 states have expressed their commitment to deliver on health initiatives and reforms of the Health Sector Renewal Compact. The Governors position was contained in a communique signed and issued by the chairman of the Forum who is also the Kwara state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq at the end of a virtual meeting on the next round of the Primary Health Care (PHC) Leadership Challenge, and the UNICEF Child Nutrition Fund. Earlier, the Forum received...

Kano State Ministry of Health has debunked reports of an outbreak of measles in Kano Municipal Local Government Area. The ministry’s Director of Public Health and Disease Control, Dr Imam Wada Bello in a statement urged the people to disregard the report as it lacked empirical and clinical evidence to substantiate it. Recall that Authorities at the Kano Municipal Local Government Council of Kano State have confirmed an outbreak of measles in some parts of...

The Ekiti State government has set up an investigation panel into cases of assault on doctors, health workers and allegations of poor work ethics at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) A press statement signed by Dr. Oyebanji Filani, Commissioner for Health and Human Services, noted that the Ministry of Health and Human Services would like to address recent incidents of patient/patient relatives’ assault on doctors and other health care workers at the EKSUTH...

In a bid to revive the state’s health sector, the Zamfara State government has constituted the state health sector reform committee. The announcement was in a statement issued by the information officer of the ministry, Bello Boko said that the government approved the establishment of an emergency action plan main committee and other sub-committees. The statement quoted the state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aisha Anka as saying that the committee draws members from the state’s Ministry of...

There are Only Three Active Audiologists- Dr Makunsidi The Niger state is faced with a shortage of Audiologists with only three active audiologists for its Ear, Nose, and Throat clinics the state. Dr Mohammed Makunsidi, the Niger state Permanent Secretary of Special Duties (SSG Office) who disclosed this said that the three Audiologists are only concentrated in Minna, the state capital with virtually none in other towns and cities across the state. He stated this...