HEALTH

SON confirms human flesh in Chinese drugs

Daily Dispatch October 19, 2018

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has confirmed the receipt of a letter sent on Chinese Drugs reported to be made from human flesh. The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) earlier alerted the SON, National Agency for Food Drugs and Administration Control (NAFDAC), Nigerian Customs

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Polio eradication debt owed Nigerians – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2018

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has explained that the eradication of polio remained the greatest debt the government owed to Nigerians. He said it is the Abuja Commitment made by the Federal and State governments to provide active leadership of polio eradication through routine immunization. Osinbajo made the commitment at the 92nd edition of the National […]

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Executive Secretary, NHIS, Yusuf suspended by the board

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2018

The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, has been suspended by the governing council of the NHIS indefinitely. The chairperson of the NHIS governing council, Ifenne Enyanatu, read out the resolution of the council to journalists after a two-day closed door meeting at the head office of the NHIS in […]

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UN describes ‘Virginity testing’ as human rights violation

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2018

A group of United Nations (UN) agencies has issued a joint statement calling for a ban on tests meant to assess the virginity of a girl or a woman. The statement, issued during the World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) in Rio de Janeiro, stressed that such tests were both unscientific, and a violation […]

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NGO offers free medical care to 500 destitute

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2018

An organisation, Women 4 Woman, on Monday offered free medical services to 500 destitute people in Kaduna to mark the World Hand Washing Day. The event which targeted Almajiris, street urchins, hawkers and other destitute, also focused on educating the beneficiaries on the importance of hand washing in reducing risks of contracting common infections. Founder of […]

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‘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 Day, celebrated annually on Oct. 15. “We already know progress […]