Health

NMA tasks FG on revamping local vaccines production The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the Federal Government to spare no efforts at revamping Local Vaccines…

FG okays second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine for eligible Nigerians Nigeria will begin  administering the the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines on eligible Nigerians…

Nigeria cannot start local production of  COVID-19 vaccines yet, says FG The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that local production of COVID-19 vaccines cannot start now…

Coronavirus:The world in ‘perilous situation’ By Pandemic's grip, says WHO chief Amidst an “unacceptably high plateau” in COVID-19 cases and deaths globally, the UN health agency chief…

NAFDAC sensitizes MSMEs on product registration, value addition .The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)  has commenced a nationwide sensitisation…

World Asthma Day: 339 million people affected globally A professor of medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Gregory Erhabor, on Wednesday said that asthma affects about 339…

Yobe Govt. enrolls 200,000 civil servants in contributory healthcare Yobe State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (YSCHMA) has enrolled over 200,000 people in the scheme. Dr…

Nigeria’s active COVID-19 cases surpass 9,000 The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), says the number of active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased to 9,972, with 81 additional…

NCDC records 156 COVID-19 cases, total now 164,912 The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 156 new COVD-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases…

Taraba community embraces family planning Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo Contrary to the generally held impression that most cultures and especially rural dwellers are against family…