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Sokoto State Ministry Of Health Defends 2021 Health Budget

Adebimpe A. — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 08:02:01 +0000

The Sokoto State Ministry of Health has following the presentation of it’s 2021 budget before the Sokoto State House of assembly defended it’s budget before the house. The Commissioner of Health Dr. Muhammad Ali Inname alongside the Permanent secretary of the health ministry in the state, Abubakar Muhammad Mni and chief Executives of the ministry [...]

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Ebola Is Not Back In Nigeria – Ministry of Health

David Folami — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:12:32 +0000

The Federal Government has shut down rumors saying a case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has reared its head in Nigeria. The Ministry of Health in a recent press statement by its director of media, Boade Akinola, said the report is false and untrue. According to the statement, the permanent secretary of the ministry, Abdullaziz [...]

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Osun State sets Hygiene Standards high to prevent Lassa Fever

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:13:20 +0000

The Osun State Government has called on the people of the state to be vigilant and maintain the highest hygiene standard possible in the light of current reported cases of Lassa Fever in some states in the South West such as Lagos and Ogun. In a statement signed by the Media Adviser to the Governor, Mr. [...]

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Enugu State Gather Drugs To Prevent Lassa Fever

David Folami — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:28:20 +0000

The Enugu State Ministry of Health, on Monday, said it had kept drugs and other consumables to ensure any possible Lassa fever outbreak in the state is immediately eradicated. “Our 86 disease surveillance officers and some community health informants had gone through the intervention simulation as well as the case definition training two weeks ago. [...]

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Infant Mortality Rate: Malnutrition responsible for Half of the Deaths in Nigeria

Ebuka Oka — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 15:06:02 +0000

The Head of Nutrition Division at the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Chris Isokpunkwu disclosed that more than half of the close to one million children under five that die in Nigeria annually, died as a result of malnutrition. Dr. Chris Isokpunkwu stated this during a one day dissemination meeting of budget analysis of 2016/2017 [...]

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Nigeria’s Ministry of Health Set To Launch Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative

Ade Adeojo — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 22:45:31 +0000

Nigeria’s Ministry of Health will be collaborating with its nutrition and health sector partners to celebrate the 2017 World Breastfeeding Week as the 25th Anniversary with the theme “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together” to draw the attention of advocates, activists, decision–makers, media and young people for long-term partnership to protect, promote and support Exclusive Breastfeeding for the [...]

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Senate Tasks Ministry of Health On Mental Health Campaign

David Folami — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:37:13 +0000

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Ministry of Health and its states’ counterpart to embark on mental health awareness campaign. This followed a motion by Sen. Oluremi Tinubu (APC-Lagos) on the need to ensure affordable mental healthcare for Nigerians at the plenary. Worried by the rising spate of suicide and suicide attempts in the [...]

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Tears As Governor Amosun Orders Demolition of Primary Health Care Centre in Ijebu Igbo

Ade Adewale — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:31:42 +0000

Reports reaching us indicate that the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye and the LCDA chairman, Hon. Bayo Adekoya, this morning led some thugs and mobile policemen to pull down a health care centre being renovated and re-equipped in Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state by the Senator representing [...]

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Mrs Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Installed As Family Planning Champion in Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:42:04 +0000

The Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMH), in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Thursday, 11th August 2016, during the National Family Planning High-level Event, honoured and installed the Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Her Excellency, Mrs Toyin Saraki, as a Family Planning Champion in Nigeria, in recognition of her commitment [...]

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ICM Global Goodwill Ambassador, Toyin Saraki Commends the Abuja Breastfeeding Declaration

Ade Adewale — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:33:56 +0000

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Global Goodwill Ambassador and the Founder-President of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), Her Excellency, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, welcomes the Abuja Declaration of Protection, Promotion and Support for Breastfeeding (‘the Abuja Breastfeeding Declaration’), as led by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) of Nigeria, Save the Children, and other development partners [...]

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WBFA Calls for Ending Female Genital Mutilation; Commends UNFPA, Development Partners

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:34:26 +0000

On the 9th of February 2016, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) participated in the launch of the Global Joint UNFPA/UNICEF programme on the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Nigeria and called for zero tolerance for FGM and other harmful traditional practices. Under the leadership of H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa [...]

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Malaria Outbreak Is Unprecedented In South Sudan

Kunle Atiba — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:22:49 +0000

Theresa Ahok is in a hurry in a remote northwest corner of South Sudan. The 35-year-old is from the village of Adiang and walked for an hour and a half before managing to flag down a truck to drive her and her sick son another hour to the hospital. “I’m racing”, she says,” and I’m worried [...]

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Wellbeing Foundation Africa Addresses Unmet Need for Family Planning in Nigeria

Ade Adewale — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:57:05 +0000

Abuja [The InfoStride] – Speaking at the 2015 Family Planning Stakeholders Consultative Forum, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa Founder-President, H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called for increased investments in personal health records to address the unmet need for family planning in Nigeria. Delivering a goodwill message as the event’s Guest of Honour, Mrs. Toyin Saraki stated, “Family [...]

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Public Officials Spent 2bn Naira On Foreign Medical Trips In 2014 – Ministry Of Health | #Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:41:51 +0000

Public officials travelling abroad for medical care in 2014 cost taxpayers 198.95billion naira ($1billion), the federal ministry of health has said. The revelation comes as the ministry and stakeholders met in Kaduna to strengthen efforts to implement the National Health Act whose implementation has stalled since it was signed into law last December. A Director [...]

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