HEALTH

‘60,000 children below 5 years die of diarrhea every year in Nigeria’

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2018

WaterAid-Nigeria says about 60,000 children below the age of five years still die every year in Nigeria, owing to diarrhea infections. Miss Oluseyi Abdulmalik, Communications and Media Manager of WaterAid Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Bauchi, to mark the Global Handwashing

HEALTH

How 18 Nigerians die of Tuberculosis hourly

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2018

No fewer than 18 Nigerians die hourly from  Tuberculosis (TB), the National Tuberculosis, Burulli Ulcer and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP), said on Friday in Lagos. Mrs Itohowo Uko, the Deputy Directorof  NTBLCP in the Federal Ministry of Health, disclosed this at an integrated media  parley organised by Breakthrough Action -Nigeria in collaboration with the Health

EDUCATION HEALTH

World Bank decries Nigeria’s poor funding of education, health

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2018

New World Bank research released today (Thursday) gives policymakers, especially in Nigeria evidence that delivering better outcomes in children’s health and learning can significantly boost the incomes of people—and of the country—with returns far into the future. The report that was released showed that Nigeria ranked number 152 out of 157 in global Human Development

HEALTH

300 mentally-ill persons are admitted monthly into Neuropsychiatric Hospital- Medical Director

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2018

The Provost and Medical Director of Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr Timothy Adewale has disclosed that not less than 250 to 300 mentally-ill persons are admitted monthly into the hospital. Adewale, who spoke at a press conference and seminar held to mark the 26th annual World Mental Day titled “Young People and Mental […]

HEALTH

N21.7m alleged fraud: Court adjourns case against former NMA Chairman

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2018

A Benin City High Court, Edo State, on Tuesday adjourned a N21.7 million fraud case preferred against a former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo State Chapter, Dr. Emmanuel Ighodaro and two others, to 21 November, 2018. The adjournment followed an application by the defence counsel, Ighodaho Imhamdegbelo (SAN), requesting the Economic and […]

HEALTH

FG Raises $177million For Ogoni Clean Up

Daily Dispatch October 8, 2018

The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, on Monday disclosed some of the plans by the Federal Government for the Ogoni Land Clean Up revealing that the sum of $177million has been raised so far. Jibril at a meeting with the Deputy High Commissioner of the British Embassy in Abuja noted that while $177million […]