Former President of Nigeria, General Muhammdu Buhari has died. A former aide to the former president, Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X. He wrote: “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May […]
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The Nigerian government has announced that Cesarean sections will now be provided free of charge to women in need, as part of its efforts to reduce the country’s maternal mortality rate. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, announced the launch of the “free cesarean section ” at an ongoing three-day Nigeria Health […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has activated National Emergency Operation Centre to coordinate responses and provide timely support to victims of floods and public health concerns. The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar disclosed this at a National Emergency Coordination Forum held on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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The MasterCard Foundation has announced that it will deploy $1.3 billion over the next three years in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the continent. The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative will acquire vaccines […]
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India’s government says it will provide 500 railway coaches to be converted into COVID-19 care centers as the nation’s capital is fast running out of hospital beds. “There should be infrastructure, there is need to be beds, patients are not being looked after, this is a deplorable state of affairs,’’ said a government official on […]
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Countries should maintain essential health care to non-Covid-19 patients while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. This is a message from Secretary-General Patricia Scotland ahead of the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting taking place virtually on 14 May. Some countries have temporarily suspended cancer treatment and surgery to help hospitals manage an influx of Covid-19 patients. At […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 23 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total cases in Nigeria to 174. In a tweet via its handle on Wednesday evening, the agency gave a breakdown as nine in Lagos, seven in the federal capital territory (FCT), five in Akwa Ibom, one in Kaduna and […]
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It was a day of joy for persons who were born with Sickle Cell anemia and their relatives as Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa commissioned a referral centre to aid their medical requirements. The centre which was donated by 05 Initiative, a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) founded by the Wife of the Governor, Dame Edith Okowa, […]
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People can reduce the risk for dementia by staying physically active and not smoking, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday, in its first guidelines on preventing this rapidly growing health phenomenon. Dementia is not a specific disease. It’s an overall term that describes a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory […]
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The federal government says it has concluded plans to develop National Patients’ Safety Guide. It says the guide is part of measures to ensure that patients are protected from unnecessary harm that could lead to death during medical treatment. The Minister of Health, Prof. Issac Adewale, disclosed this at the weekend while delivering lecture titled; […]
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