Health

A new World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) data has confirmed promising signs of immunisation services rebounding in some countries, but that coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels putting children at grave risk from disease outbreaks particularly in low-income countries. The report showed that…

The federal government said the re-commencement of Direct GAVI Programme Funding through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), stands as proof of its established accountability and transparency.  GAVI had stopped funding programme in Nigeria through the NPHCDA funding following unsatisfactory findings from GAVI Programme audit in 2015. Speaking…

Federal Government has performed a Ground-breaking ceremony for the commencement Abuja hub project, to improve the immunization logistic network and storage capacity for new and essential vaccines. The Abuja hub project  is one of the 3 hub initiatives planned for Lagos and Kano for the purpose of expanding sufficient storage…

Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent the proposed National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund, that will provide startup capital to corps to finance their business. Gowon who is the founding father of NYSC, also call on respective State Governments…

Concern with the shortage of Skilled Birth Attendant across Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in  Nigeria, 4% per facility, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency(NPHCDA) has introduced a Community-based Health Research, Innovative-training and Services Program (CRISP). CRISP, aims to leverage rural posting of Resident  Doctors from teaching hospitals to…

Omolola Ajobiewe The National Primary Health Care Development Centre( NPHCDA), said it explores behavioral science approaches and human-centred designs for a more evidence-based interventions to strengthen demand for primary health care services in Nigeria. The Executive Director NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed on Wednesday, at the Official Close-out Ceremony of…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed plans to increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking in the country. Dr Mangai Malau, Head, Tobacco Control Unit, Noncommunicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry of Health disclosed…

The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. This is coming one month after the World Health Organisation listed 55 countries, including Nigeria facing the most pressing health workforce challenges related to…

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government, have jointly floated a humanitarian intervention project to protect children in north-east Nigeria. The intervention project focused at providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation and protection services in Nigeria’s north-east region will empower…

Concisedaily News – Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the new Child Rights Curriculum reporting for Polytechnic will bring a paradigm shift in reporting children and exposing them to the rights to survival, development, protection and participation. Speaking at a Two-Day Media Training organised…