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.
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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.
A Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife, says fake and ineffective sunscreens in the Nigerian markets are contributing to the massive increase in the number of skin cancer cases.
The Anambra State Government, on Tuesday, said it has not recorded any case of Cholera in the state.
“The brain is a super fascinating organ. We have about 85 billion neurons and every neuron is a million times slower than a computer chip. And yet, the brain does incredible things,” Angle explained.