The Katsina State Government has expended N3.77 billion between June 2023 and April 2024 to enhance healthcare services, Gov. Dikko Radda has said.
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The UN Women, UNAIDS and others have called on the newly inaugurated Board of Trustees (BOT) members of the Association of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN) to mobilise resources and implement strategies to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
“Traditional medicine is part of our culture, and it is here to stay. We need to accept it and promote it,” Emeje adds, “Africans were healing themselves long before the colonial masters came. We need to decolonize our minds and take ownership of our health resources.”
A Consultant Family and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Dr Moyosore Makinde, has advised the public to incorporate hand hygiene practice into their daily lives to prevent and control transmission of infectious diseases.
The Nigeria Suicide Prevention Advocacy Group has called for a holistic approach to prevent and address the determinants of suicide in the country.
The Adamawa state government has extended the resumption of primary and secondary schools for the third term academic session to May 13, to enable the government to vaccinate children against measles.
The Federal Government has pledged to bring down the soaring cost of drugs to make it affordable to Nigerians.
“They also monitor women and support them during labor, childbirth, and postpartum recovery. Additionally, they educate new and expectant mothers on infant care practices.
A General Physician, Dr Tunji Akintade, has appealed to the three tiers of government to re-enact policies and facilities that would promote the culture of hand washing in communities.
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation (FMWRS) has been called upon to implement and disseminate the National Roadmap to Hand Hygiene for All (HH4A), spanning from 2021 to 2025.