A total of 42 health facilities have been sealed by the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) out of about 1040 visited between January to September 2022. Dr. Abiola Idowu, Executive Secretary of the Agency who disclosed this in Lagos while reviewing the activities of the agency in the nine months, said the facilities were sealed for non-compliance with regulatory standards, non-registration of facilities, and lack of qualified medical personnel as well as the...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has reacted to a report claiming that a vaccine that contains 40 percent mercury was being administered to children in Nigeria and was prescribed by a foreign organization. Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General in a press statement explained that mercury is a metal and as such cannot be used as an element or as a component of vaccines. “The basic components of vaccines are antigens, adjuvants to improve...