Health
Nipah virus kills 5 in India
A deadly virus carried by fruit bats has killed at least five people in southern India and more than 90 people are in quarantine, a top health official said Tuesday. The death toll rose from […]
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Ebola: Nigeria at risk-WHO
The World Health Organisation has said measures are being put in place to prevent persons with Ebola virus getting into Nigeria undetected. The WHO Country Director, Dr Wondi Alemu made the disclosure at the health […]
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Court orders JOHESU to end strike and resume work within 24 hours
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered striking members of Joint Health Sector Union to suspend its on-going strike and resume duties across the nation within 24 hours. Justice Babatunde Adejumo gave the order […]
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2018 budget: N57.1b deduction strictly for primary healthcare -Senate
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuoso (APC Ogun Central), has explained that the N57.1billion expected to be realized from the one percent deduction from consolidated revenue fund in the 2018 budget estimates, is […]
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No good news from FG, JOHESU negotiation meeting
The meeting between the striking joint health workers union and the Federal Government last night ended in a deadlock. JOHESU The reconciliation meeting which was held at the instance of the Minister of Labour and […]
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UNFPA, KOICA sign MoU on humanitarian support for Borno State
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has signed a co-financing agreement with the KOICA (the Korean Republic International Cooperation Agency) to scale up support for its humanitarian assistance in Borno State from […]
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Nigeria, US, sign MoU on largest HIV/AIDS survey
By Kemi Yesufu The Federal Government taken the first step to solving the challenge of verifiable data on HIV/AID in the country as it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States […]
Gender
EXCLUSIVE: President Buhari insensitive to suffering of persons living with HIV-NEPWHAN Secretary
……President reneged on promise to pay counterpart funding By Kemi Yesufu Abdulkadir Ibrahim is the National Secretary of the Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN). According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari has […]
Health
Ebola: Nigeria on alert says minister
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Health to step up surveillance at all the nation’s entry points to prevent the spread of Ebola to the country, following the outbreak of […]
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Ebola resurfaces,kills 17 in DR Congo
Seventeen people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday, describing the fresh outbreak as a “public health emergency with international impact.” “Twenty-one cases of fever […]
