HEALTH

Ogun launches formal sector Health Insurance Scheme, offers 50% subsidy for public servants

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2024

The Ogun State government on Tuesday launched a health insurance scheme designed for the formal sector, comprising civil servants, public servants, and workers in the organized private sector, as part of activities lined up for the 2024 Public Service Week. It would be recalled that the State

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Good Ododo to unveil flagship healthcare train

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2024

…..To Expand Access to Free Healthcare in the state Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo is set to unveil a flagship healthcare intervention programme that will deliver free medical services to people in all parts of the state. The Governor made this known while addressing members of the Nigeria Medical Association and other healthcare professionals […]

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FG set to improve Health Research Funding, Review Ecosystem…as Ministry of health hosts Heth research conference Wednesday

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2024

The Federal government is set to improve the health research funding as part of the overall goal to reform and improve the health sector in Nigeria. This comes as the  Ministry of Health hosts a one-day National Strategic Meeting on Health Research Development and Innovation in Abuja on Wednesday. This was contained in a statement […]

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Infection Prevention and Control Technical Working Group inaugurated with support from U.S CDC

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2024

Nigeria’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Technical Working Group was inaugurated by Dr. Jide Idris, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention who represented the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, with support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC). The working group, comprised of

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Why we establish 2 Nursing Schools – Zulum

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2024

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has expressed commitment to addressing the manpower deficit in the healthcare sector of the state. The governor made this known on Sunday in Monguno when he paid an assessment visit to the project site for the construction of School of Nursing in the area. He said: “Human resources in […]

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Estimated 1.3 million people infected with HIV in 2023

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2024

An estimated 1.3 million people became infected with HIV in 2023, three times more than the target of fewer than 370,000 by 2025. While there has been marked progress in sub-Saharan Africa, for the first time, in 2023 more than half of the new HIV infections occurred outside of sub-Saharan Africa, a report released on […]