Health

The Federal Government has launched the first national eye health policy to increase accessibility to eye care services for Nigerians. Speaking at the launch of the policy, in Abuja, on Thursday, the Minister of State for Health, Olorunimbe Mamora, reiterated the importance of vision to the socio-economic development of the people. Mamora stated that Nigeria with other member states at the United Nations General Assembly recently adopted the vision for […]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, has said the South-East is lagging behind in COVID-19 vaccination. Executive Director of the Agency, Faisal Shuaib, made this known at the South-East zone Primary Health Care and COVID-19 Vaccination Review meeting on Wednesday in Enugu State. Shuaib noted that the region was projected to vaccinate at least 100,000 persons per day, but had an awful turnout of 6,000 per day. The […]

Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has inaugurated the Health Sector Reform Committee. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement. The statement charged the committee members to deliver a modern, virile and people-eccentric healthcare system. Recall that on September 7, 2021, President Muhammadu Buharii approved the establishment of a Health Sector Reform Committee to kick-start the development and implementation of […]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPCDA, has advised Nigerians to take children aged zero to 23 months to vaccination sites to enable them to have access to childhood immunization. The Executive Director of the agency, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this during a parley with newsmen in Abuja. Shuaib disclosed that the childhood vaccines protect against polio, whooping cough, measles, yellow fever, tetanus, tuberculosis and other childhood preventable diseases.

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, has said individuals aged 16 and 17 are free to receive coronavirus jabs. The agency gave the approval in its advisory. According to reports, countries in Europe and the United States of America had also begun the administration of vaccines for children. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization’s regional office for Africa, declared the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as the dominant strain in two […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has called for stiffer penalties for drug trafficking. Chairman of the Agency, Buba Marwa, who was represented by the Director, Seaport Operation, Omolade Faboyede, disclosed this during the Institute of Change Management annual dinner held in Lagos State. Marwa, said fining drug traffickers in court is not enough punishment, stressing that some offenders return to the same business after paying the fine. The […]