HEALTH

Nigeria to receive 176,000 J&J COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2021

Nigeria is expected to receive 176,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday. Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, confirmed this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the J&J vaccine, like the AstraZeneca,

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Cholera outbreak kills 60 in Katsina

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2021

The outbreak of cholera ravaging some states in the North has spread to Katsina, claiming at least the lives of 60 persons. The Commissioner for Health, Yakubu Danja, made the disclosure during this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), held at the Katsina Secretariat complex. To that effect, the Health […]

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KDSG supports exclusive breastfeeding through six month’s maternity leave—Dep Gov

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2021

Kaduna State Government is implementing the policy of six months paid maternity leave for working mothers in the civil service to enable them practice exclusive breast feeding. The Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe who disclosed this on Friday, noted that the six months was extended from the earlier three months which was for decades the […]

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Ogun General Hospital, Ibiade receives facelift

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2021

The Ogun State Government has commenced a full-scale rehabilitation of the General Hospital, Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local government Area, for efficient health care service delivery to the people. Speaking during a monitoring exercise to the facility, the Permanent Secretary, Hospital Management Board, Dr. Nafiu Aigoro expressed satisfaction with the level of work done by

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WHO donates 26 ventilators, 3,560 fingertip oxygen pulse for COVID-19 management in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2021

The World Health Organisation has donated 26 ventilators and 3,560 fingertip oxygen pulse for the management of patients in isolation and treatment facilities, as well as home-based patients in Nigeria. The Country Representative, Dr Walter Kazadi, presented the donation to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday in Abuja. Kazadi said that Nigeria […]

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FG asks resident doctors to resume work, says states responsible for most of their demands

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2021

The Federal Government has asked striking resident doctors to resume work as most of the issues they have raised are state affairs. Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that seven of 12 matters that were raised by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), were the responsibility of state […]