The House of Representatives said it would increase budgetary allocations of tertiary health facilities towards addressing high electricity bills and strengthening quality healthcare delivery services across Nigeria.
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The Nutrition Desk Officer, Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) centre in the Bauchi metropolis, Mrs Rahila Umar says no fewer than 40 new cases of malnutrition are reported weekly.
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori said 75,000 new infected HIV cases and 45,000 HIV-related deaths were recorded in 2023.
Plateau State Malaria Elimination Programme (SME-P), in partnership with Malaria Consortium (MC), say 935,425 children will benefit from the 2024 free seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme.
The wife of Kogi Governor, Safinat Ododo, is to build a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in the state.
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) says it is targeting over one million children in the first round of the 2024 Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week for various health intervention programmes.
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev says the ministry has reactivated its laboratories across the six geopolitical zones to curtail the further spread of the cholera outbreak in Nigeria.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) report says that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7 per cent of all deaths.
The Federal Government has initiated discussions with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) to secure additional supplies of cholera vaccines.
The Federal Government says that the proposed National Cancer Registry aimed at aiding the centralising cancer data in Nigeria is ninety per cent complete and will be ready in six months.