HEALTH

Ozubulu attack: More doctors to be deployed to Nnewi

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

The Federal Ministry of Health says it has placed medical experts on standby to beef up services at the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, for worshipers injured in the Ozubulu church attack, should the need arise. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, gave this

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NAFDAC seals 3 shops in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2017

The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday said it had sealed three shops in Borno over alleged circulation of unwholesome products. Malam Nasiru Mato, the agency’s Zonal Director, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Mato alleged that the shop owners were selling

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Nigeria intensifies awareness, fight against hepatitis

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has called on stakeholders in the health sector to create more awareness on dangers posed by viral hepatitis. The minister, who made the call at a press briefing to mark World Hepatitis Day, in Abuja, said the disease had become a silent killer because much importance had not […]

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Lagos state government announces cholera outbreak

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, on Tuesday confirmed that two deaths had been recorded from the 27 cases line-listed in acute diarrhoea disease in some local government areas. Idris, alongside his counterpart from the Ministry of Information, Mr Steve Ayorinde, made this known at a joint news conference in Lagos. He […]

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Aisha Buhari calls for joint efforts to eradicate maternal death

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday called on well-meaning Nigerians and development partners to complement the Federal Government efforts to eradicate preventable child and maternal death. Buhari made the call while performing the ground breaking ceremony of a 250-bed Specialist Hospital project by the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NOWA) in

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Plateau confirms fourth case of Lassa fever in two weeks

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The Plateau State Commissioner ‎for Health, Dr Kuden Deyin on Tuesday confirmed another case of Lassa fever in the state. Deyin who made the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Jos, said the patient who was brought-in from Garkawa in Mikang Local Government Area was displaying symptoms of Lassa fever. “After blood […]