The Federal Government and other stakeholders have challenged nurses and other health workers to renew their commitment to work to improve access to healthcare services.
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Amid its global spread, the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated JN.1, a COVID-19 variant of interest, adding that current vaccines continue to offer protection against severe disease and death from this and other variants in circulation.
The National Eye Centre, Kaduna with support from Sightsavers has launched an infection control policy document which would serve as guideline in ensuring the safety of both workers and patients.
The Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba has recorded 100 percent increase in the number of psychiatric patients admitted in the hospital in 2023.
Clean-up Nigeria (CUN), a Non- Governmental Organization, has called on all stakeholders to imbibe good sanitation practices in order to increase life expectancy.
The Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA), says it is committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UCH) in the state by 2030.
The Imo Government has renewed its campaign against the use of illicit drugs, narcotics and other harmful substances as part of the measures to check crime and criminality in the state.
Beneficiaries of the African Union (AU) and African Liver Patient Association (ALPA) sponsored free hepatitis intervention have called for the extension of the free outreach.
Federal Government has urged state governments to join it in filling the 32 million dollars funding gap for the procurement of Family Planning (FP) commodities in 2024 to help meet up the FP 2030 target.
The Technical Advisor, Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED),Dr Jerome Mafeni on Tuesday called for reduction of salt content in commercially produced foods, saying that excessive salt intake causes non-communicable diseases (NCDs).