Health

Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent the proposed National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund, that will provide startup capital to corps to finance their business. Gowon who is the founding father of NYSC, also call on respective State Governments…

Concern with the shortage of Skilled Birth Attendant across Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in  Nigeria, 4% per facility, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency(NPHCDA) has introduced a Community-based Health Research, Innovative-training and Services Program (CRISP). CRISP, aims to leverage rural posting of Resident  Doctors from teaching hospitals to…

Omolola Ajobiewe The National Primary Health Care Development Centre( NPHCDA), said it explores behavioral science approaches and human-centred designs for a more evidence-based interventions to strengthen demand for primary health care services in Nigeria. The Executive Director NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed on Wednesday, at the Official Close-out Ceremony of…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed plans to increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking in the country. Dr Mangai Malau, Head, Tobacco Control Unit, Noncommunicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry of Health disclosed…

The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. This is coming one month after the World Health Organisation listed 55 countries, including Nigeria facing the most pressing health workforce challenges related to…

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government, have jointly floated a humanitarian intervention project to protect children in north-east Nigeria. The intervention project focused at providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation and protection services in Nigeria’s north-east region will empower…

Concisedaily News – Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the new Child Rights Curriculum reporting for Polytechnic will bring a paradigm shift in reporting children and exposing them to the rights to survival, development, protection and participation. Speaking at a Two-Day Media Training organised…

The issue of accelerating climate change is a more reason for the Nigerian government to invest in safer water for everyone, according to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). Chief of WASH UNICEF, Dr. Jane Bevan said on Wednesday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the 2023 World Water…

Kano state  has been hit by a deadly outbreak of diphtheria infection, with 61 lives lost as of March 2, 2023, CHANNELS TV reports. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that affects the throat and upper airways, causing difficulty in breathing, heart failure, and even death. The disease is highly contagious…

A Professor of Psychiatric Medicine, Prof. Monday Igwe, has advised Nigerians to stay positive in the midst of scarcity of fuel and the redesigned Naira notes in order to overcome depression and other mental complications. Igwe, who is the Medical Director of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, gave the advice while…