NHIS act awaits presidential accent as law makers pass bill into law
Zainab Iwayemi
May 20, 2021
Partnes Silverbird to attain UHC Zainab Iwayemi In a bid to make the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) mandatory for every Nigerian, the legislative has passed the NHIS act into law and awaits final assent by the president. Director-General, NHIS, Prof. Mohammed N. Sambo disclosed this during the visit of Guy Muray-Bruce, President […]
Seven Nigerian states hit by bird flu, NCDC confirms
Onome AmugeApril 7, 2021
Onome Amuge The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 (Bird flu) in seven Nigerian states including: Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger. Chikwe Ihekweazu,the director general of the disease control organisation made the confirmation on Tuesday, in Abuja,while highlighting the epidemiological situation and response activities in […]
NLNG signs 5-yr MoU with USAID to eliminate malaria in Bonny island
Ben Eguzozie in Port HarcourtMarch 25, 2021
…USAID via PMI to provide technical support …NLNG launched BNYMEP in 2019 …Malaria kills 0.3m Nigerians annually versus HIV/AIDS 215,000 Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Gas liquefaction company, the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to make Bonny […]
Sterling bank collaborates with Cross River on health insurance for vulnerable citizens
Zainab IwayemiMarch 11, 2021
Zainab Iwayemi Sterling Bank Plc has partnered with the Cross River state government to implement Ayade Care; a state insurance scheme targeted at ensuring health insurance cover for vulnerable citizens in the region. Commending the state’s approach, Obinna Ukachukwu, the bank’s divisional head, health and education sector said the effort by the state on the […]
Rivers boosts health sector with $16m equipment for new teaching hospital, medics, 4,000 other workers
Ben EguzozieFebruary 6, 2019
Governor of Nigeria’s Rivers State, Nyesom Wike says the state is intensifying its health sector development thanks to the $16 million expended to acquire equipment for the state’s brand-new University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) in Port Harcourt. The hospital, initiated and built by Wike, would serve the recently completed College of Medical Sciences at the rebranded state […]
FEC approves $150m World Bank loan for polio eradication in Nigeria
Businessam StaffAugust 8, 2018
Polio eradication received a major boost when the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved $150 million credit facility from the World Bank to aid federal government’s effort in fighting the scourge. Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s minister of finance, told journalists at the end of the FEC meeting, that the proposed credit facility from […]
Nigeria’s science & technology ministry urges Nigerians to tap into traditional medicine market
Businessam StaffAugust 7, 2018
The ministry of science and technology has tasked Nigerians to take advantage of the N100 million traditional medicine market by exploring the unlimited herbal resources in the country. Ogbonnaya Onu, who heads the ministry, said Nigerians could come together, brainstorm on the possible ways of researching and harnessing the herbal resources available and avoid importing […]
Nigeria extends deadline to end open sale of drugs to December 31, 2018
Businessam StaffAugust 12, 2017
Nigeria’s ministry of health has extended the deadline to end the open sale of drugs to December 31, 2018. Isaac Adewole, minister of health is reported to have disclosed this Saturday when he visited the site for the construction of a pharmaceutical coordinated wholesale centre at Oba, near Onitsha in Anambra State. He said the […]