The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has donated more than 2.5 million doses of Oral Polio Vaccines to the Bauchi state government for children in the state. The UNICEF Chief for Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique, on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, where the vaccines are kept,…
The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO has commenced a fresh effort designed to address the problem of malnutrition in the northern part of Nigeria. Towards this end, the Nigerian office of the organisation distributed 21 metric tonnes of Tom Brown, a highly nutritious food supplement to excited nursing mothers and others in Sokoto State. The…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced that the Ogbo Ogwu Market at Bridgehead, Onitsha, was reopened on March 7 following a shutdown for comprehensive sanitisation. The NAFDAC Director for the Southeast, Dr. Martins Iluyomade, reiterated this in an interview with newsmen on Monday. Recall that NAFDAC had closed…
The Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, CTFK and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have called on the Federal Government to increase the Tobacco Control Fund (TCF) beyond the N13m allocated to it in the national budget for 2025, in order to protect public health. The NTCA, CTFK…
A Medical Imaging Scientist, Dr Livinus Abonyi, has called on the Federal Government to tackle all forms of poverty and hunger with greater vigour, in order to reduce the burden of ill health in the country. Abonyi, a Lecturer in the Department of Medical Radiography, Faculty of Clinical Sciences at the University of Lagos, College…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians to take preventive measures against Tuberculosis (TB). The agency’s Director in Jigawa, Malam Tijjani Ahmad, made the appeal on Monday in Dutse at an event to commemorate the 2025 World TB Day. Ahmad noted that tuberculosis was a contagious disease caused by bacteria that mainly affects the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administrative and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public on the sale of Chlorpheniramine and Dexamethasone injection ampoules that are mislabeled and repacked as Noristerat Injection 200mg. NAFDAC said samples of the counterfeit product have been reported in Niger State, Bauchi State, and the Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) in…
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has joined the global community in marking World Water Day, with a focus on glacier preservation and the importance of protecting freshwater sources. In a press statement, HYPREP’s Project Coordinator, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, highlighted the project’s progress in providing potable water to impacted communities in Ogoniland. According to Prof….
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released 7,000 doses of the Oral Cholera Vaccine to kick-start the vaccination exercise in Bayelsa state. Coordinator of the World Health Organization in the state, Dr. Marcus Oluwadare revealed that Bayelsa is the first state in the country to receive the Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV), which he said is…
The Inter-country Centre for Oral Health for Africa, (ICOH) has said people who drink too much alcohol and smoke excessively are exposing themselves to the risk of oral cancer. A Chief Dental Therapist with ICOH, Mr. Gyang Mathew gave the warning on Thursday in Jos. ICOH is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Health,…
