An international governance and development expert, Mr. Tagbo Agbazue, has called for increased private sector investment in Africa’s health sector to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on the continent.
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The Federal Government has expressed its resolve to collaborate with state governments to deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
The Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured the Federal Government’s commitment to sustainable domestic financing for immunization programmes in the country.
Fontana Society, a technology-based membership platform, unveiled an emergency health card scheme on Tuesday in Lagos to provide easy access to healthcare during emergencies.
Clinical and medical experts have called on the government in Nigeria and other relevant stakeholders to pay attention, prioritize, and encourage transnational research to address the challenges in the country’s health sector.
The coordinating ministry of health and social welfare, has said that the national task-shifting and task-sharing (NTSTS) policy for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs-NTSTS) in Nigeria is set to be adopted.
A faith-based British international charity, Muslim aid, has partnered with the Lagos state university teaching hospital (LASUTH) to assist 70 indigent patients living with vascular anomalies.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has advised nursing mothers to embrace exclusive breastfeeding to improve the health status of their newborns.
The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu has called for stringent laws to address quackery in the health sector.
Niger plans conversion of Shiroro hotel to teaching hospital
By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago says that the state government has concluded plans to convert the Shiroro Hotels, Minna to a teaching hospital.