The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah on Tuesday signed the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Teaching Hospital Bill 2024 into Law. Commending the Enugu State House of Assembly for the expedited hearing and passage of the executive bill, Governor Mbah said passage of the law establishing SUMAS Teaching Hospital, Igbo-Eno in Udenu Local Government Area will enable his administration to fulfill its campaign promises on education. The Teaching hospital...

The Bauchi state government has treated a total of 7,435 individuals afflicted with Tuberculosis (TB) across the 20 local government areas in the state in 2023. Dr Adamu Sambo, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health who stated this at a news conference to commemorate the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day in Bauchi, said the treatment had allowed the government to assess the progress made toward achieving the End TB Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr Sambo who...

Healthcare experts have stressed the significance of merging conventional medical treatments with alternative therapies to achieve more effective health outcomes A renowned general medical practitioner and a founder of Rijiya Specialist Clinic, Sokoto, Dr. Ikechukwu Ofia, explained the advantages of both orthodox and alternative medicine to individuals seeking treatment. “I recommend alternative medicine that is purified and standardized where it will help my patients, I also complement traditional treatments to address aspects of health conventional...

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...