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The Ekiti State Government has announced plans to establish HIV Testing Services across all 16 local government areas to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, ensuring treatment and comprehensive support services for affected residents. Governor Biodun Oyebanji stated this while playing host to the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of Aids, NACA, Dr […]
The Federal Government has announced free Cesarean Sections (C-Sections) for Nigerian women who require the procedure. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammed Ali Pate who made the announcement in Abuja on Thursday, on day 2 of the Joint Annual Review, JAR, conference, said that no woman should lose her life simply […]
Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has called for a stronger legal framework to drive critical improvements in healthcare delivery across Nigeria. He made the call on Thursday in Ibadan during a lecture organised by the University College Hospital (UCH) Students Association. His lecture was titled “The Intersection of Law and Health in Nigeria: Shaping Healthcare […]
Patients at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan have appealed to the government and striking members of Joint Health Workers Unions,JOHESU to negotiate to end their ongoing strike. The patients made the call while speaking with newsmen at the hospital. Mr. Matthew Ademola and madam Aina Balogun said they were not able to get the […]
Members of the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) have declared a seven-day warning strike, commencing from midnight on Friday (today). The latest strike comes after a fifteen-day notice of industrial action issued to the Federal Government. While addressing journalists in Abuja, the national chairman of the union, Kabiru Minjibir […]
Oyo state government has commenced the administration of measles vaccine to children between 0 and 59 months old. At the flag off ceremony held at the Salvation Army Primary School, Kube, Ibadan, Executive Secretary, Oyo State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Muideen Olatunji represented by the Director of Disease Control and Immunisation, Dr Johnson Osoko […]
Oyo State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Lagos Field Office have called on residents in the State to recommit to the practice of proper handwashing method. Chairman, Oyo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, OYORUWASSA, Mr. Babalola Afobaje stated this at an event in Okolo, Ibarapa-East Local Government to commemorate 2024 […]
The Federal and State Governments have reaffirmed their determination to fight and stall the spread of HIV in the country . They made the commitment on Monday at the national-state engagement meeting in Abuja. Speaking at the meeting, the Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Temitope Ilori, said there […]
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa says his administration is committed to the wellbeing of every child in Ondo state through regular vaccination against all childhood diseases. Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has encouraged mothers and caregivers to present their children and wards from age 9 to 59 months for the ongoing immunization against measles in […]
Osun State government has reaffirmed its commitment to the eradication of tuberculosis and leprosy in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye stated this at the distribution of 60 motorbikes to State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Supervisors and their Assistants at the Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo. Alhaji Igbalaye, represented […]
