HEALTH

RCCG to honour founder with intensive healthcare centre

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2021

His Love Foundation (HLF), the charity arm of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, will on Thursday, 29th April, 2021 commission the biggest health intervention in Ondo State. The Akindayomi-Adeboye Intensive Health Care Centre is the foremost in size and sophistication among the several

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FCMB’s priceless gift of sight: Over 300,000 Nigerians with eye defects benefit

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2021

First City Monument Bank (www.fcmb.com), in partnership with Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) of India, has so far carried out free eye surgeries, correctional testing services and provided glasses to over 300,000 Nigerians under the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, tagged Priceless Gift of Sight. Out of this number, the sight

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We need N1.89trn to effectively tackle malaria – FG

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2021

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria needs over a trillion naira to effectively combat malaria in the country. Ehanire noted that the country required more than N350 billion to fight the disease in 2021 alone. The Minister disclosed this on Friday at a press conference to commemorate the 2021 World Malarial in Abuja, […]

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Senate issues six-week ultimatum on local production of syringes

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2021

The Senate on Thursday directed the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire to put together a policy to compel all government hospitals to procure locally manufactured syringes. The Senate Committee on Health gave the Minister a six-week ultimatum to carry out the directive. The Committee gave the directive during an interactive meeting with local manufacturers of […]

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“Only 10% of over N2 trillion COVID19 funds have been accounted for”

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2021

Only 10% of the over N2 trillion COVID grants Nigeria received have been accounted for, BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for transparency and accountability has said. “Nigeria has received over N2 trillion as grants for COVID-19 response N288 billion for intervention programmes, but ONLY 10% of these funds have been accounted for,” BudgIT […]

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COVID-19: J&J privately asked other vaccine makers to probe blood clot risks

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2021

Johnson & Johnson privately asked rival vaccine makers AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer to join the company in its effort to evaluate blood clot risks in its coronavirus vaccine, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. People familiar with the matter told the newspaper that in addition to seeking help on studying the risks of blood clots, […]