UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that approximately 20,210 babies were born in Nigerian on the New Year’s Day. The births, represented third largest population of newborns in the world on Jan. 1, 2018. UNICEF also said nearly 386,000 babies would be born worldwide on New Year’s Day,
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The Lagos State Government has procured N2.5 billion health equipment to boost the delivery of qualitative healthcare in the State General Hospitals and Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has said. Idris who disclosed this over the weekend while briefing newsmen on efforts made to improve on access and quality […]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says there were 32 positive cases of yellow fever infection in Nigeria between 2nd of July through 19th of December 2017. The confirmed cases are part of 63 samples sent to the regional reference laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, IPD, in Senegal, for confirmation of yellow fever infection from 341 […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised to put an end to a situation where well-trained medical practitioners are leaving Nigeria for other countries. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President made the call while receiving executive members of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria at
Inspire Nurses Network Africa (INNA), an NGO, has said 90 per cent of Nigerian Nurses lacked basic life support skills on emergency care. Josiah Okesola, Leader of the group, disclosed this while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Okesola, who was accompanied by Mrs Regina Askia-Williams, emphasised that every nurse was supposed […]
The U.S. Government said on Friday that it had donated 2.9 million insecticide-treated bed nets worth 8.1 million Dollars for distribution in Sokoto State. The U.S. Embassy in Abuja said in a statement that the nets, donated through President Muhammadu Buhari Malaria Initiative, would be distributed in the 23 local government areas of the state. […]
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