A Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist, Dr Olufemi Olaniyi has warned about the dangers of “hidden hunger” – micronutrient deficiencies – and their negative consequences on children’s optimal growth and development.
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized cartons of aphrodisiac products and sex enhancement drugs worth N12 million in Sokoto.
Family planning acceptors in Edo State have expressed frustration over the shortage of commodities in most Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in the state.
The Executive Secretary of Yobe Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Kundi Machina, says there is no confirmed case of cholera in the state.
The Network of People Living With HIV in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), has sought for provision of more HIV and Malaria testing kits in healthcare centres across Sokoto state.
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN), says local pharmaceutical manufacturers are poised to leverage the lacuna created by the exit of foreign pharmaceutical companies to boost medicine production.
The Director of Public Health in Borno State Ministry of Health, Dr Goni Imam, says that there is no confirmed case of cholera in the state.
Stakeholders in Bauchi State healthcare sector, have underscored the critical role of effective integrated support and supervision of Primary Healthcare Centre’s (PHCs), to enhance service delivery.
The President, Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN), FCT Chapter, Mr Ismaila Dankogi has called for the return of sanitary officers to combat the rising cholera outbreaks in several Nigerian states.
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, says that the malaria preventive strategies of his government and its partners has reduced the severe malaria burden among children in the state by six per cent.