The Federal Government has declared that both public and private healthcare facilities nationwide must attend to victims of gunshots with or without police clearance. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on Saturday via its official X handle. The statement titled ‘Non-Compliance of Medical Facilities On […]
The Ebonyi Government announced on Thursday that it has recorded 394 suspected cases of Lassa Fever from January to December this year. Governor Francis Nwifuru made this announcement in Abakaliki during the official sign-off and handover ceremony of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as “Doctors Without Borders,” regarding their Lassa Fever support activities to […]
Over 70 people have been killed by a mysterious flu-like disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Roger Kamba, the country’s health minister, said authorities have so far confirmed 71 deaths, including 27 people who died in hospitals and 44 in the community in the southern Kwango province. He said of the victims at the […]
The Federal Government has said the malaria vaccine will now be part of the national routine immunisation schedule. The development was after it vowed to eliminate Malaria following a loss of $1.1bn annually to the health crisis. Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister for Health & Social Welfare at the inaugural meeting of the […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says its Investigation & Enforcement team has uncovered a trove of counterfeit medicines during a raid at Tyre Village, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. The Agency disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Thursday, stating that the operation led to the […]
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has raised an alert over the circulation of counterfeit Combiart Dispersible Tablet 20/120mg in Nigeria. NAFDAC disclosed this via a post on its X handle on Thursday. According to the agency, the product is manufactured by Strides Arcolab Limited, based in India. “This product was […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered counterfeit alcohol packaging centres at Article Market, Abule-Osun, Lagos State, seizing items worth an estimated ₦2 billion. A NAFDAC statement on Thursday via X noted that, during the operation, over 50,000 fake branded labels and packaging materials used to produce unauthorised and hazardous […]
Twenty five persons have been killed in an outbreak of Gastroenteritis in 18 Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. This was disclosed by the Director, Public Health of the Ministry of Health, Sokoto, Dr Abdulganiyu Yusuf, while clarifying what he called misinformation by some newspapers. “The deaths were recorded in 18, not three local government […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria, with 4.6 percent of cases, and seven other countries, accounted for more than two-thirds of the global total tuberculosis (TB) burden. The other countries are India (26%), Indonesia (10%), China (6.8%), the Philippines (6.8%), Pakistan (6.3%), Bangladesh (3.5%) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (3.1%). According to the […]
Nigerians spent about $2.38m on foreign healthcare-related services from January to June 2024, findings by The PUNCH have shown. This is according to a report from the Central Bank of Nigeria on the amount spent on health-related and social services under the sectoral utilisation of foreign exchange. A breakdown of the report showed that $2.3m […]
