Health

By Laide Akinboade, Abuja Mobile phone users in Nigeria may be required to pay a minimum charge of one kobo per minute for every outgoing mobile phone call in the country to fund healthcare for the citizens.

From Mohammed Muktar Umar Bauchi The governor of Bauchi state, Muhammad Abubakar has disclosed that Nigeria suffers the worst Malaria burden with 51 million cases and 207,000 deaths reported annually.

By Laide Akinboade United Nations Childrens’ Fund, UNICEF, on Wednesday said it has registered over two million malnourished children in its Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), since it started in 2009. 

Mrs Padmavathi Yedla, chief field officer, United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) says 1,751 communities in Katsina State have been certified as Open Defecation Free (ODF). Yedla made this disclosure on Monday, during the Review Meeting for 2018 and Rolling Work Plan, for 2019 and 2020 for Kano and Katsina State. …

The Nasarawa State Government yesterday inaugurated a newly constructed clinic at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Keffi Local Government Area.

From Sadiq Abubakar, Maiduguri Borno state government in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and other humanitarian partners have carried out a 5-day OCV campaign in four selected local government areas of the state from November 28 to December 2,  2018.

By Bishop Oyoyo Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended the Minister of the FCT, Mallam Mohammed Bello  for the yellow fever immunization taking place in the territory.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has charged African governments to improve funding support for HIV testing, care and treatment.

Nats Onoja Agbo Those who have the opportunity of visiting Bayelsa State in the past five years would testify that the Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has been a huge success in various sectors.

The 2018 report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) released recently, has revealed that 70 percent of malaria cases and deaths recorded in 2017 occurred in Nigeria and 10 other countries. According to the report presented in Maputo, Mozambique, malaria hit hardest in India and 10 other countries, including Nigeria, …