Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof. Babatunde Salako, has reiterated the commitment of the institute to promote translational research to ensure a transformative health for the nation.
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has donated the sum of N20million to the Faith Foundation Mission Hospital in Nsukka, Enugu State.
The Director-General, National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC),Dr. Emem Omokaro has expressed Federal Government’s determination to continue strengthening the capacity of aged women by boosting their entrepreneurial skills in agriculture.
With over 400 million projected population in Nigeria by 2050, the Institute of health service administrators of Nigeria, IHSAN, has charged the Federal Government to urgently expand and modernize healthcare services in the country to meet needs of Nigerians.
Some residents of the federal capital territory (FCT) have expressed different views about services offered by accredited health insurance hospitals in the territory.
Enugu State vaccinated 220,000 girls against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) between Oct. 24 and Oct. 29, recording a 66 per cent coverage rate.
Dr Sola Pitan, Medical Director, Orile Agege General Hospital (OAGH), Lagos, has urged healthcare providers to leverage technology and innovative ways to address challenges affecting healthcare delivery.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 189,452 children in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states did not receive certain vaccines as at December 2022, referring to them as zero-dose children.
Zamfara Government says it is collaborating with relevant stakeholders in reaching unvaccinated children for routine immunization, especially hard to reach communities.
The Chairman of Forum of Health Commissioners in Nigeria, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, has expressed the resolve of stakeholders in the healthcare delivery system in Nigeria to review health sector issues and chart a way forward next week.