Category: Health

XEC Covid-19 Variant Not In Nigeria
December 8, 2024 No Responses

XEC Covid-19 Variant Not In Nigeria

The Federal Government, on Saturday, clarified that the newly detected XEC COVID-19 variant, identified in Australia and some other countries in Europe, is not in Nigeria. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said this in a statement issued by...
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Shippers’ Council Donates Medical Supplies To Osun Community
November 27, 2024 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Donates Medical Supplies To Osun Community

As part of it’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has donated medical supplies worth millions of Naira to the MDG Oloti Lagbua Primary Health Centre in Iragbiji, Osun State, to enhance healthcare delivery.A...
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Edo College Of Nursing Graduates 81 Nurses
October 31, 2024 No Responses

Edo College Of Nursing Graduates 81 Nurses

The Edo State College of Nursing Sciences (ESCNS), has held its graduation ceremony for 81 Nurses.The event, held at the college’s main campus, on Sapele Road, Benin City, saw 81 newly qualified nurses receive their diplomas, prepared to contribute to...
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DELSUTH Gets Accreditation For Surgery, Others 
October 23, 2024 No Responses

DELSUTH Gets Accreditation For Surgery, Others 

Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area has gotten National and West Africa accreditation for surgery and other courses.  The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Onojaeme disclosed this while brie...
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Lassa Fever: Edo Records 240 Cases, 21 Deaths
October 22, 2024 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Edo Records 240 Cases, 21 Deaths

Between December and March 2024, Edo State recorded 240 cases of Lassa fever and 21 deaths.  Dr Joseph Okoeguale, Director of Viral and Emergent Pathogens, Control and Research, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, disclosed this on Monday during the First...
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LASUTH Gets Advanced Neonatal Centre
October 13, 2024 No Responses

LASUTH Gets Advanced Neonatal Centre

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital now has a centre for advanced neonatal Studies. A statement by LASUTH on Saturday revealed that the innovative initiative was spearheaded by its Department of Paediatrics. The statement said the opening was done wit...
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Ondo, Edo Record More Lassa Fever Cases
October 12, 2024 No Responses

Ondo, Edo Record More Lassa Fever Cases

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) recorded a rise in Lassa fever cases in week 39 of 2024, with Ondo and Edo states reporting nine new confirmed cases.The NCDC stated this on its official website, based on...
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Nurses Protest Doctor’s Alleged Assault Of Female Student Nurse In Ogun
October 4, 2024 No Responses

Nurses Protest Doctor’s Alleged Assault Of Female Student Nurse In Ogun

Nurses with Ogun State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta joined by their colleagues mobilised from other parts of the state, defied the rain on Thursday to protest the alleged assault of a final year student nurse by a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nurudeen...
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Mpox: Nigeria Confirms Eight New Cases, Cameroon Records Two Deaths
September 12, 2024 No Responses

Mpox: Nigeria Confirms Eight New Cases, Cameroon Records Two Deaths

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed eight new cases of Mpox in the country, with fresh cases recorded in Gombe, Plateau and Akwa Ibom State.  Already, 67 cases have been confirmed in 23 states and...
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UN Warns Against Cholera Outbreak, Malnutrition In Borno
September 12, 2024 No Responses

UN Warns Against Cholera Outbreak, Malnutrition In Borno

The United Nations has raised the alarm over the possibility of an outbreak of Cholera disease at emergency Internally Displaced Person camps in Maduguri, Borno State as a result of reported flooding in the state. A report released by the...
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Nigeria Confirms 55 Mpox Cases
September 11, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 55 Mpox Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 55 cases of Monkey-pox (Mpox) in Nigeria.The centre made this known via its official website, noting that the 55 cases were confirmed from the 935 suspected cases across 39...
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Cholera Outbreak In Edo
September 5, 2024 No Responses

Cholera Outbreak In Edo

The Edo State Government through the Ministry of Health, on Thursday, declared a cholera outbreak in the state, confirming six cases of the disease.Briefing Journalists, Stephenson Ojeifo, Director, Public Health in the Ministry explained that the six confirme...
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Edo Confirms One Mpox
September 2, 2024 No Responses

Edo Confirms One Mpox

The Edo State Government has recorded one outbreak of Mpox in the state as well as eight suspected cases of Cholera. Dr Ojeifo Stephenson, the state Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, disclosed this to Channels Television...
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NAFDAC Harps On Exclusive Breastfeeding
September 1, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Harps On Exclusive Breastfeeding

The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged nursing mothers to champion optimal breastfeeding of their children with a view to improving the health status of their newborns and l...
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