HEALTH

Cholera kills seven in FCT, says public health director

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2018

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has said that seven deaths have been recorded from the outbreak of cholera in four communities in the territory. The Director of Public Health in the Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA, Dr. Humphrey Okoroukwu, confirmed this to the News

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FCT doctors go on strike Aug 25 over illegal deductions

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2018

Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory are set to go on an indefinite strike on August 25, if the authorities don’t reverse deductions from their salaries. In a communiqué after its meeting the National Association of Resident Doctors in the FCT called deductions from their doctors’ pay “obnoxious” and negating scientific reasoning. In the […]

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FG recalls 2.4m bottles of cough syrup containing codeine

Daily Dispatch July 29, 2018

The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of codeine containing cough syrup after a recent audit trail of the substance carried out by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). According to a statement by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public Relations of the ministry on Sunday in […]

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Fresh Ebola Outbreak Discovered In Sierra Leone

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2018

A new Ebola virus has been found in bats in Sierra Leone, two years after the end of an outbreak that killed over 11,000 across West Africa, the government said on Thursday. It is not yet known whether the new Bombali species of the virus — which researchers say could be transmitted to humans — […]

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Official: 70% Nigerians lack sanitation facilities

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2018

The Federal Government has disclosed that over 70 per cent of Nigerians lacked sanitation facilities, while about 40 per cent grappled with water challenges. The Federal Government spoke through the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Dr. Ibrahim Musa, on Thursday. The minister stated this at a workshop tagged ‘National coordination workshop on tracking the

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Lassa Fever: Edo Govt urges residents to sustain prevention efforts as resurgence threat looms

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2018

The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. David Osifo, has called on residents in the state to redouble their effort against the resurgence of Lassa Fever disease, as experts have identified occurrence of suspected cases of the disease in the endemic areas. The commissioner who made the call while addressing journalists in Benin City, Edo […]