Health

Folarin Abiodun   The National Primary Health Care Development Agency(NPHCDA) has confirmed that 73% of the reported Diphtheria cases are children; confirm over 600 deaths from diphtheria outbreak in Kano, Yobe, Katsina, Borno, Kaduna and Bauchi. It also said, over 10,000 diphtheria cases occurred in Kano as over 97% of…

In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, UNICEF Nigeria is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination. The outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and claimed the lives of 453 people, mostly…

* Lagos, Kano, Katsina and Borno top the country’s food insecurity list The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Nigeria to prioritise investment in nutrition for children, saying the country ranks number one in Africa with the highest number of malnourished children and number two globally. UNICEF, therefore, urged…

As part of the move to prevent cervical cancer disease among teenage girls between the ages 9 to 15 , the Federal government has revealed plans to introduce the Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, by 25th of September. Speaking at Bi-Annual Religious Leaders Review Meeting on Primary Health Care (PHC), Coordinating…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said that it will embark on a daily peaceful protests from Wednesday as part of measures to ensure its demand are met. The association gave the notice on Saturday in a letter addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH).…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria, on thursday said it is amplifying its efforts to counter a growing outbreak of diphtheria that has affected children in 27 states. As of July 2023, 3,850 suspected cases were reported with 1,387 confirmed as diphtheria. The disease has tragically claimed 122 lives, with…

UNICEF laments workplace breastfeeding policy implementation gap     The United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF), has bemoaned low implementation of workplace breastfeeding policy gap saying that only 9 per cent of organizations have a workplace breastfeeding policy, with only 1.5 per cent in the public sector as women in the informal…

A new World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) data has confirmed promising signs of immunisation services rebounding in some countries, but that coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels putting children at grave risk from disease outbreaks particularly in low-income countries. The report showed that…

The federal government said the re-commencement of Direct GAVI Programme Funding through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), stands as proof of its established accountability and transparency.  GAVI had stopped funding programme in Nigeria through the NPHCDA funding following unsatisfactory findings from GAVI Programme audit in 2015. Speaking…

Federal Government has performed a Ground-breaking ceremony for the commencement Abuja hub project, to improve the immunization logistic network and storage capacity for new and essential vaccines. The Abuja hub project  is one of the 3 hub initiatives planned for Lagos and Kano for the purpose of expanding sufficient storage…