Health

      Stanley Ihedigbo     USAID/Nigeria Lagos Urban Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (LUWASH) Activity has awarded N1,723,003,058.62 grants to eight Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) to improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery across Lagos State to curb cholera outbreaks in Lagos communities. This development was unveiled at a…

Stanley Ihedigbo African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) is hosting the inaugural ASLM Diagnostics Convention 2024, themed “Transforming Diagnostic Systems in Africa: Harnessing Innovation and Quality Assurance to Elevate Equity and Excellence.” The event is taking place between 4th to 7th November, 2024, at Radisson Blu, Abidjan, and brings together over…

        Tony Okoh, Uyo     Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Committee on Health has assured the management of public hospitals in the state of improved subvention and less strenuous access to their funds as approved in the budget. The committee led by its Chairman Hon.…

      Stanley Ihedigbo     Oyo State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Lagos Field Office have urged residents of the State to recommit to the practice of proper handwashing method. According to the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Oyo State, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Chairman,…

    Stanley Ihedigbo       In a bid to curb the alarming rise of diabetes, obesity, and other diet-related diseases, stakeholders urged journalists to intensified their efforts in advocating for a tax increase on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) in Nigeria. Speaking at a journalism training on effective SSB…

      Oyo State Government has mandated residents of the state to vaccinate their dogs and cats against the dreaded rabies disease. The mandate was contained in a release issued today, by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, drawing the residents’ attention to the importance…

        Caleb Ohaeri       General Manager of the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO), Engineer Adefemi Afolabi, has issued a stark warning about the state of sanitation in Lagos State, saying about 33 per cent of the population currently lacks adequate sanitation management. Afolabi who…

      Stanley Ihedigbo     Elders of Tukur-Tukur community in Zaria local government have expressed their deep gratitude and appreciation to the Kaduna State and Zaria Local Government health authorities for their prompt and professional response to the recent outbreak of suspected diphtheria in their community. According to …

      Tony Okoh, Uyo Paramount ruler of Ibiono Ibom local government area of Akwa Ibom, Okuku Ime Inyang, has appealed for the intervention of the State government in the equipping and staffing of Utit Obio Community hospital constructed in 1981 through community effort. Okuku Inyang made the call…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti, has announced that he will soon flag-off the Abia Medical Village to transform Abia into a destination for medical tourism. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Abia State, Com. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, Governor…