Nigeria at risk as 91m Africans infected with Hepatitis B or C – WHO

July 30, 2022

BY MADUABUCHI EFEGADI. Nigeria appears at risk as more than 91 million Africans are infected with the Hepatitis B or C strain, which are the deadliest strains of the virus, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) viral hepatitis scorecard launched on 27 July – ahead of World Hepatitis Day. The viral hepatitis scorecard 2021 […]

NHIS act awaits presidential accent as law makers pass bill into law

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

April 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

March 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 […]

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

FEC

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

Ogbonnaya Onu, Nigeria's Minister of Science and Technology, Traditional Medicine

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

Isaac Adewole, minister of health

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 […]