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55 Countries Face Health Worker Crunch Linked To COVID-19 – WHO

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2023March 15, 20230

The World Health Organisation has said that no less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek better-paid opportunities in wealthier nations. According to WHO, African nations have been worst hit by the phenomenon, with 37 countries on the continent facing health worker...

COVID-19 remains International health threat, says WHO

NewsDeskNgJan 31, 2023January 31, 20230

World Health Organisation (WHO) has again, warned that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that it is not time to declare the pandemic over. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus said this in a statement on Monday while commenting on the outcome of the COVID Emergency Committee meeting held on...

NAFDAC Approves First Alternative Herbal Supplements To Vaccine, Antibiotics For Poultry

NewsDeskNgJan 18, 2023January 18, 20230

By Ademu Usman Idakwo National Drug Administration and Food Control, Nafdac has approved the first indigenous Alternative Herbal Supplements to vaccine, Antibiotics for Poultry in Nigeria. Earlier, the Herbal Supplements has provided succour to 1, 468 farms centers in Nigeria who were faced with threat from varous diseases affecting their...

NGO sensitises Kaduna polytechnic academic staff to need to prevent SGBV

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI) an (NGO), on Saturday sensitised members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, to the need to prevent Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). EWEI’s Programme Officer, Gender, Mr Mendie Jeremiah, said at opening session of the seminar in Kaduna, that...

NCDC confirms 42 new cases of COVID -19

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 infections in the country in two weeks, with Lagos State recording 27 cases. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday, adding that Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory contributed...

Zamfara health workers protest non-payment of salary

NewsDeskNgJan 13, 2023January 13, 20230

Health union in Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, Zamfara State capital has embarked on a peaceful protest over non-payment of workers’ salaries. Newsmen gathered that the union had earlier issued a one-week ultimatum to the Zamfara State Government to clear their members’ salary arrears and correct the half salaries being...

WHO plans to improve health of 3b people by 2023

NewsDeskNgDec 18, 2022December 18, 20220

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it plans to transform the future of public health by targeting three billion people by 2023. Dr Mie Okamura of the Emergency Preparedness and Response, WHO, said this in Abuja on Saturday during the “Walk The Talk’’ peace awareness exercise. Okamura said the WHO...

Foundation launches Vision Health Detective App to prevent blindness

NewsDeskNgDec 17, 2022December 17, 20220

A Vision Health Detective (VHD) App and Partnership for Sight Innovative of Nigeria (PASSION) project, aimed at increasing access to eye care and restoring sight to those with avoidable blindness, has been launched. Dr Oluwagboyega Ajayi, the Executive Director, Eleta Eye Foundation, an NGO, made this known at the formal...

CPHIA 2022: Women end public health talks in Africa with wins

NewsDeskNgDec 16, 2022December 16, 20220

It was indeed ‘Ladies night’ on Thursday in Kigali, Rwanda, as women coasted home with the three awards up for grabs at the end of 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA). The event, which started on Dec. 13 in Kigali, ended with the announcement of Zambia as...

2022 World AIDS Day, any hope for people living with virus?

NewsDeskNgNov 30, 2022November 30, 20220

As the world gets set to mark 2022 World AIDS Day (WAD) with the theme “Equalise’’, there is theneed to critically analyse the state of people living with the virus, stigma problem and how accessibleand affordable are the drugs they need to keep them healthy. There is also the need...