HEALTH

NACA donates 8 ambulances to Oyo Govt, assures of more support

Daily Dispatch March 25, 2022

Efforts by the Government of Oyo State Government in controlling the spread of HIV in the state were on Friday recognised when the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) donated eight ambulances to the state. Director-General of the Agency, Dr. Gambo Aliyu Gumel, who was represented by

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Nigeria identifies three drugs for Lassa fever treatment

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2022

The National Biotechnology Development Agency has identified three candidate drugs to be repositioned and repurposed for the treatment and eradication of Lassa fever. Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General of NABDA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday. Mustapha said scientists at the Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Department

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Police arrest man dressed in nurse uniform for stealing baby in Lagos hospital

Daily Dispatch March 9, 2022

A man suspected to be mentally unstable has been arrested by police operatives in Lagos State for stealing a baby. Channels Television gathered that the suspect – Olamilekan Adeoye – dressed in a nurse uniform at the Maternal and Child Hospital in Gbaja, Surulere Local Government Area of the state. Speaking to Channels Television, one of […]

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Dangote promises to partner with government to supply primary healthcare centres

Daily Dispatch March 9, 2022

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has promised to enter into agreement with government and local producers of Nutri-K’s Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to guarantee adequate direct supply to primary healthcare centres that treat severe an acute malnutrition(SAM) on sustainable bases. Dangote stated this at the inauguration of a factory meant to

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I’ve infected 133 people wit HIV since my brother’s friend gave me — Twitter user

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2022

A Nigerian Twitter user: @the_afropolite, has revealed that she has infected about 115 guys and 19 girls with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. @the_afropolite stated that she was infected with the virus by her brother’s best friend in 2016 when she was just 18. She added that since 2017 when she tested positive, she has made it […]

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State House clinic wing: Senate Committee expresses satisfaction at progress of work

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2022

The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, on Tuesday expressed satisfaction at the progress of work on the Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Clinic, in the Presidential Villa, scheduled to be completed by December 2022. ”For the remarkable steps so far reached on the project site, I am highly impressed,” the […]