The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Abuja alerted Nigerians about a killer cough syrup, NATURCOLD.
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Bauchi State Commissioner of Health Dr. Sabiu Abdu Gwalabe has reechoed the importance of maternal, perinatal, and child deaths surveillance response MPCDSR to be carried out within the stipulated 24 hours for such deaths to be reviewed.
The House of Representatives has called for domestic financing and locally manufactured malaria vaccines in a bid to stop the menace of the disease.
The WHO has urged countries to implement new and existing anti-malaria interventions including the use of its pilot vaccine programme to save lives, particularly in Africa.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 6.2 million Nigerian children are zero doses (unvaccinated), a consequence of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2021.
The President of Dangote Group and United Nations’ Malaria Ambassador for Nigeria, Aliko Dangote has disclosed that global partnerships and investments in malaria fight has saved 12 million lives.
A nurse at the Nursing Department, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Eleyele Branch, Ile-Ife, Oluwatosin Ogunlowo, has advised people to eschew self-medication in treating malaria.
The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday said it has recorded two per cent reduction in under five mortality rate.
The global partners, a non-governmental organization has announced a new effort: “The Big Catch-up”, to vaccinate millions of children and restore immunisation progress lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Kaduna State Government says it has established Health and Nutrition Clubs in 171 secondary schools across the state to promote good nutritional uptake and healthy practices among school children.