HEALTH

TY Danjuma Foundation To Provide Free Surgery To 100 Indigent Residents Of Ebonyi

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF) is collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Health to provide free surgery to indigent residents of Ebonyi State. Dr.Sunday Udo, Chief Executive Officer, TY Danjuma Foundation disclosed this when he who led a 6-man delegation on a courtesy visit to the Minister of

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States, FCT to contribute N 23b to HIV-AIDS response porgramme – NACA boss

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2017

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says it has developed sustainable plan for the funding of comprehensive care for more people living with HIV-AIDS. Dr Sani Aliyu, Director-General, NACA disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that in the new plan, […]

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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 indication in a statement by the ministry’s Director of […]

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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 […]