HEALTH

Buhari signs Executive Order to end open defecation by 2025

Daily Dispatch November 20, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed an Executive Order 009 entitled, The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order. Nigeria is therefore committed to end open defecation throughout the country by 2025 in consonance with her commitment to the United Nations

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Ogun Government to Deworm 839,273 School Children In 10 Councils

Daily Dispatch November 20, 2019

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Plans to deworm a total of 839, 273 school children across 10 local government areas at the ongoing health awareness programme in Ogun State have been revealed. Therefore, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on parents and guardians to work harmoniously with the health workers who are saddled with […]

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Pastor Adeboye donates N10m dialysis machine to UCH

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2019

The University College Hospital, Ibadan has received the donation of a dialysis machine worth N10m from the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. This was made known after the University College Hospital, Ibadan marked its 62nd founder’s day on Monday. Pastor Adeboye, who was accompanied by the top […]

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Fire burns 12 corpses in OAU’s morgue

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2019

No fewer than 12 corpses at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, were on early hours of Tuesday gutted by a midnight fire. The incident which could have wreaked havoc at the department was averted by the combined efforts of the security and fire services unit of the institution. […]

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Ogun Government Plans Accessible Healthcare Package For Civil Servants, Others

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2019

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA A new dawn is about setting in healthcare sector in Ogun State as package for Health Insurance Scheme that will enable people access affordable and quality healthcare services is being put in place by the state government. Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, disclosed this during a courtesy visit by the […]

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Thousands Of People With Mental Health Conditions Across Nigeria Are Chained – HRW

Daily Dispatch November 11, 2019

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the act of chaining mental health patients in various mental health facilities across Nigeria. The international rights group urged the Nigerian government to ban chaining, labeling it as “terrible”. In a report published on Monday the HRW said that Detention, chaining, and violent treatment are pervasive in many settings, […]