HEALTH

Ogun govt. takes step to enhance mental health of residents

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2021

The Ogun State Government remains committed to capacity building programmes for healthcare workers, so as to keep them abreast of new trends in health care delivery for the benefit of residents, particularly, those at the grassroot. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker made this

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Ogun restates commitment to reproductive healthcare of women

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2021

The Ogun State Government says it is determined to sustain the empowerment of women of reproductive age and families with the provision of quality family planning services to further increase the health indices of the State. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker made this known in Abeokuta, at the ‘End of Project Dissemination’ organised by […]

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Global leaders commit further support for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2021

Global leaders attending the Global COVID-19 Summit hosted by the United States have again underlined their commitment to ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries through COVAX – noting that equitable access is essential to end the acute stage of the pandemic. Building on the momentum and global solidarity generated over the past […]

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Go back to work while we continue negotiations, Ngige urges striking doctors

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2021

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve their industrial action as the Federal Government continues to negotiate with the union to end the dispute. Ngige made the appeal during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, as the resident doctors strike enters Day

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Isolation Centres: Oyo Ministry of Health debunks paucity of funds claim

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2021

…say Makinde govt providing needed funds for centres, personnel cost The Oyo State Ministry of Health, on Thursday, declared that allegations that paucity of funds had hit the State’s isolation centres as reported in the news were false.The Ministry, which made the clarification in a statement released on Thursday, said that the allegations were untrue […]

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Court adjourns FG, resident doctors’ suit to Friday

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2021

The case between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been adjourned for 48 hours by the National Industrial Court in Abuja to enable further negotiations between both parties. The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment through the Minister Chris Ngige took the striking doctors to court over the abdication […]