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Insecurity, funding hamper effective PHCs operations – Stakeholders
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and other stakeholders, have fingered insecurity and lack of funding as responsible for…
Pate seeks global collaboration to strengthen childhood vaccination, research
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammed Pate, has called for global collaboration to strengthen…
CCN seeks laws to criminalise stigmatisation of HIV/AIDS patients in Nigeria
The Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) has advocated enactment of laws that would make the stigmatisation of people…
Over 7,000 pharmacists left Nigeria in two years for greener pastures: PSN
Over 7,000 pharmacists emigrated from Nigeria in the last two years, the president of the Pharmaceutical Society of…
Stakeholders, NCDC urge presidency, NASS to expedite action on health bills
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and other stakeholders have called on the Presidency and the National…
NGO tasks govt on renewable energy to power health facilities in communities
eHealth Africa, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO), has urged government to increase investment in renewable energy to bridge power…
Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer
Nigeria introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system on Tuesday, aiming to reach 7.7…
NCDC seeks increased funding for health security
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has called for…
FG unveils plan to cater for cancer survivors
The Federal Government says it has made plans in a new policy plan for cancer survivors to be…
Canada: Tallen hails Uzoma Asagwara’s appointment as Manitoba health minister
A former Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, has congratulated a Nigerian woman, Uzoma Asagwara, on her emergence as…