Top Ten News Items on Health, 29 March 2024

AfDB approves $50m loan to boost climate resilience, food security in Yobe State. ‘Global Fund Grant Will Scale Up HIV, TB Prevention Services In Nigeria‘. Delta Govt confirms outbreak of Lassa Fever. Fresh outbreak of diphtheria kills four persons in Kano. Six cancer centres will be completed in two years — FG. BSUTH enlists 25 […]

Top Ten News Items on Health, 22 March 2024

Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Will Reduce Maternal Child Mortality-UNICEF. Pharmaceutical firms to address tech gaps in vaccine sector. UNAIDS to reduce AIDS-related deaths to 250,000 by 2025 – Report. Chicken Pox Outbreak: AMAC sends response team to affected community. UNICEF Demands Improved Funding Of Health Insurance. WHO raises concern over fresh cases of TB in Nigeria. […]

Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Will Reduce Maternal. Child Mortality-UNICEF. Pharmaceutical firms to address tech gaps in vaccine sector. UNAIDS to reduce AIDS-related deaths to 250,000 by 2025 – Report. Chicken Pox Outbreak: AMAC sends response team to affected community. UNICEF Demands Improved Funding Of Health Insurance. WHO raises concern over fresh cases of TB in Nigeria. […]

Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th March 2024

Lagos residents decry non-implementation of free antenatal, delivery services. Lassa fever death toll in Benue now 13. Jigawa confirms meningitis outbreak. WHO worries over growing resistance to common HIV medication. FG builds capacity of frontline health workers stakeholders. IWD: Why women must shun child delivery at home – UNICEF. Scaling-up MMS To Reverse Anaemia In […]

Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st March 2024

FG targets increasing PHCs benefitting from basic health fund. UNICEF, Africa CDC, sign extended partnership on vaccine manufacturing, immunisation. Malaria: Nigeria accounts for 30% of global burden – Minister. Reps ask NCDC to investigate “strange disease” ravaging Gombe communities. Experts Urge Effective Implementation Of Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Initiative. NMA Warns Against Seeking Medical Treatment […]