When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Nigeria in February last year, 15-year-old Samira Bello, like many others, did not know the pandemic would result in another health crisis. As the pandemic held the world at a tailspin, with countries, including Nigeria, announcing lockdowns and travel restrictions to curb the virus’s spread, it devastated people’s mental […]
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Anyone who performs poor hand hygiene or comes in contact with the urine, faeces, saliva or blood of rats are at the risk of getting Lassa Fever, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned. In a Public Health Advisory to Nigerians, Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC’s Director-General, also warned that those who reside in rat-infested […]
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American billionaire and philanthropist, Bill Gates has tasked governments around the world, including Nigeria, to build healthcare services in preparation of another pandemic. In response to a question raised by The Cable, Gates urged a country like Nigeria to invest in primary health care so it is well-prepared in the event of the next global […]
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Three communities in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, North Central Nigeria, are currently battling with a yellow fever outbreak which has so far claimed 25 lives, an official said in Makurdi. Dr Godwin Oyiwona, the Commissioner overseeing the Ministry of Health and Human Services, made the development known during a meeting with members […]
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The people of Ute-Okpu Town in Ika North-East Local Government Area, Delta, South-South Nigeria, are living in fear over the ‘unexplained’ deaths of some members of the community. The people claimed that between 18 and 35 persons had died mysteriously and attributed the deaths to some spiritual occurrence. However, the State Government on Friday blamed […]
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt access to immunisation worldwide, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) made an urgent call on Friday for action to prevent a large measles and polio endemic across the globe. According to the organisations, the coronavirus pandemic has left millions of children vulnerable […]
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The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office with the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has trained over 260 private hospitals, nursing homes and maternity homes on the implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is the UK aid agency formerly called Department for International Development (DFID). The […]
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Kano State primary health care workers have undergone a one-day online training known as “Immunizations Academy,” facilitated by the Boost City. According to Nabilusi Abubakar Kofar Na’isa, Public Relations Officer, Primary Health Care Management Board (PHCMB) the training was launched on Wednesday to boost the knowledge of the health workers on Immunization protocols to achieve […]
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Ebola survivor, Dennis Akagha, has shared how his late fiancée Justina Ejelonu died from the Ebola virus in 2014. He expresses pain that her sacrifices have remained unrecognized. The Ebola virus outbreak hit Nigeria in July 2014. The index case, a Liberian-American traveller came into Nigeria through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The […]
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The Department for International Development (DFID) Lafiya Support for Health in Nigeria is supporting the Kano State Government to conduct mapping of all private health facilities in the 484 wards of the State. The Executive Secretary Private Health Institutions Management Agency ( PHIMA), Dr Usman Tijjani Aliyue announced this at a stakeholders meeting held in […]
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Despite being aware of HIV and AIDS and associated risks, young adolescents in Nigerian secondary schools still indulge in risky sexual behaviours, sometimes to keep relationships, a study has revealed. The research was commissioned by Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) in Lagos, Oyo and Osun states, Southwest Nigeria. It examined sexual behaviour […]
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To increase its fight against Malaria, the Kano state government in partnership with Malaria Consortium will spend over three billion nara on projects. The state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje made this known when he Inaugurated ‘Malaria Chemoprevention’ along with Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week, for the 44 local government areas of the state […]
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