Some stakeholders in the health sector have called for a comprehensive review of the country’s healthcare system to reduce maternal mortality.
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The Katsina State Government is set to partner Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK, to tackle infectious diseases in the north-western state.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has attributed poor nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child can lead to stunted growth.
The Abia Government has declared the newly constructed and inaugurated Abia Multi-Specialist Hospital in Aba unfit for human use following structural defects, poor ventilation, missing or old, unfitted equipment.
A virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has called on the Federal Government to increase its immunisation coverage to 80 percent, to prevent diphtheria and other preventable diseases in the country.
Prof Abdullahi Alanamu, of the Department of Plant Biology, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has advised Nigerians to explore Aeropalynological studies, to help hay fever sufferers in managing their allergies effectively.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to prosecute drug hawkers nationwide, saying such drugs are dangerous to the health.
An Advocacy Core Group in Bauchi state has called for the government to begin the procurement of Childbirth spacing (CBS) commodities to reduce the unmet needs of women of reproductive age for CBS services.
Bauchi State government says it is concerned with promoting the health of its population through the introduction of many interventions especially as it relates to women of reproductive age.
Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has ordered the immediate activation of the state emergency response centre to curb further spread of diphtheria infections in the state.