HEALTH

WHO deploys 190 personnel to fight meningitis in Sokoto

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The World Health Organisation said it had deployed 190 Polio Eradication Initiative officers to Sokoto State to support the government’s fight against Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, said this in Abuja on Thursday. Alemu said PEI

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[BREAKING] Fresh outbreak of meningitis kills 8 in Katsina

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Cerebro Spinal Meningitis has killed not less than eight people at Tsabu village in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State, an official has said. The Director of Primary Health Care in the LGA, Nasiru Mani, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Mai’adua today (Thursday). Mani said the meningitis outbreak was discovered in […]

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Nigeria needs $912m to fight malnutrition – Expert

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2017

Nigeria needs $912 million to tackle the scourge of child malnutrition, which is presently ravaging the country. Dr. Chris Osa Isokpunwu of the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, disclosed this at a two-day Media Dialogue on: “Leveraging Resources for Child Malnutrition in Nigeria,” held on April 28 and 29, 2017 in Enugu. Dr. Isokpunwu, who […]

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OGUN SEALED CLINIC FOR CAUSING DEATH OF 24 YEAR OLD MAN

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2017

Ogun State Government on Thursday said it has ordered the closure of a private clinic for causing the death of a 24 year twin,Kehinde Sikiru through illegal surgical operation. The affected cilinic located in Itori area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state is Glorious Ona Ara Clinic and Maternity Home. Confirming the […]

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Meningitis Outbreak: Nigerian death toll rises to 813

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

Over 800 Nigerians have been killed by meningitis since the latest outbreak of the epidemic in the country 16 weeks ago. The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, disclosed this figure on Wednesdayafter the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja. Mr. Adewole said though the outbreak which started in Nigeria in 2016 […]

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Meningitis: Relief as UNICEF donates 850,000 vaccines, N17m to Sokoto state

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

The United Nations Children Fund [UNICEF] has donated 850,000 doses of vaccines to Sokoto State government to tackle Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the state. Mohammad Mohiuddin, UNICEF chief, Sokoto Zonal Office, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Sokoto at a sensitisation meeting for media practitioners, religious and traditional leaders, as well as other stakeholders. He