By Hannatu Sulaiman Abba Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba, the Coordinator of Africa Health Budget Network, has received the prestigious recognition of a lifetime member from the Nigeria Cancer Society (NCS). The decoration…
Category: Health
Jigawa Govt Expresses Concern Over Low Contraceptive Use, Calls for Media Support
From Mika’il Tsoho Dutse The Jigawa State government has raised concerns about the low percentage of reproductive women utilizing family planning measures in the state. Dr. Shehu Sambo, the Director of Jigawa…
Kano Govt Urges Medical Practitioners to Renew Annual Licenses
The Executive Secretary Kano State Hospitals Management Board, Dr Mansur Mudi Nagoda have called on all medical practitioners to as a matter of urgency have their annual license renewed as the screening…
YOSPIS, AMG Foundation Advocates for Collaborative Efforts in Cervical Cancer Eradication
By Hannatu Sulaiman Abba In its annual Cancer Awareness program, the Youth Society for the Prevention of Infectious Disease and Social Vices (YOSPIS) AMG Foundation has called for increased collaborations to combat…
Kano: DMCSA Inaugurates Internal Committee on DMU Upgrade
In his preparedness to taking prompt action on ensuring timely progression of the Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency (DMCSA), the Director General of the Agency, Pharm. Gali Sule has inaugurated an…
Don’t watch AFCON final if you have heart condition – Doctor
An Akure-based medical practitioner and Chief Medical Director of Sckye Hospital, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, has warned Super Eagles fans and football lovers who are highly emotional and have heart conditions to avoid…
Sambo Hospital Names Maternity Ward In Honour Of Late Emir Of Dutse
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The management of Sambo Hospital Limited announced the name of a newly constructed block after former Emir of Dutse as late Nuhu Muhammad Sunusi maternity ward. This was…
World Cancer Day: KASHAM, CEHPI Team Up to “Close the Care Gap” in Kano
By Mustapha Salisu In observance of World Cancer Day 2024, themed “CLOSE THE CARE GAP,” the Kasham Girls Women Youth and Community Development Network (KGWYCDN), a non-governmental organization, collaborated with the Community…
Committees on DMU Upgrade, Integration of KSCHMA, Facility DRF Submit Reports
The committee for the upgrade of Drugs Manufacturing Unit (DMU) of the Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency (DMCSA) and that of merging the KSCHMA DRF and Facility DRF had submitted their…
Lost Glory of the DMCSA Restored – Health Commissioner
It has been emphasized that the lost glory of the Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency (DMCSA), is gradually being restored with the current leadership of the Agency. The Kano State Commissioner…
ICPC: Federal Medical Center Gusau Ranked 1st In Ethics, Integrity Compliance
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau The Federal Medical Centre Gusau, Zamfara State has been ranked first in Ethics and Integrity Compliance Score card (EICS) and ACTU Effectiveness Index (AEI) in the year 2023,…
Kano Gov’t Pledges Health Facility Revamp
In continuation with the daily executive midnight supervision organised by Kano State Hospitals Management Board under the leadership of the Executive Secretary Dr Mansur Mudi Nagoda, the team paid an unscheduled visit…
Zamfara Gov Declares State of Emergency On Health Sector
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has declared a state of emergency in the health sector as part of his commitments to revamping the state’s healthcare system. The…
Cervical Cancer: 50 Women In Gombe To Know Thier Status, Says Women Medical Association
By ABUBAKAR RABILU GOMBE In efforts to curtail the menace of cervical Cancer the Women Medical Association of Nigeria in Collaboration With Mercy Corps has carried the exercise in Gombe were they…
Gov. Yusuf Greenlights Free Drugs, Lab Supplies for Hasiya Bayero Hospital
Governor of Kano State Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the purchase of free service drugs and lab consumables for Hasiya Bayero Paediatrics hospital as part of his promise to reach out…
Plateau Deputy Governor Vows to Reach Every Child with Immunization
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Plateau State Deputy Governor, Josephine Piyo has assured that hands are on deck to ensure that all eligible children in the state are immunised against deadly and debilitating…
No Baby Was Stolen Under Our Care – Dr. Nagoda
The Management of Kano State Hospitals Management Board have refuted the story making arounds that a baby born at Waziri Shehu Gidado General Hospital was stolen under the care of the facility….
Three in five pregnant women in Nigeria suffer from anaemia says CMD
Prof. Lanre Adeyemo, the Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, reveals that three out of every Nigerian pregnant woman suffer from anaemia, a medical term for blood shortage. Anaemia in…
We Would No Longer Spare Anyone Found Guilty – Kano HMB ES To Medical Personnels
The Executive Secretary, Kano State Hospitals Management Board Dr. Mansur Mudi Nagoda has called on all medical personnels working in all state government facilities under the care of the board that as…
Law to establish FMC in Fagge Scales Second Reading – MB Shehu
The Federal Law Maker Representing Fagge Federal Constituency, Mohammad Bello-Shehu, said a bill seeking to establish a Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano has scaled Second reading…
Dangote Multi-billion Naira Expansion Work On Kano Hospital Nearing Completion
By Abdullahi Yusuf The Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group’s intervention in the expansion work at Murtala Mohammed Hospital Antenatal Unit and other Units worth billions of Naira would soon be…
Adamawa: Sen. Binos’s 2023 Free Medical Outreach Rounds Up Treatment For 964
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe free medical outreach drive for year 2023 has rounded up with the free treatment of 964 patients in Timdore district of Ganye local…
Kano Stakeholders Tackle Epidemic Preparedness at FIDAC Workshop
By Mustapha Salisu To mark this year’s 2023 International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, The Fiscal Discipline and Development Advocacy Centre (FIDAC) with support from FCDO Lafiya Project organized a stakeholders workshop in…
Senator Binos Medical Outreach Treats Over 1,000 In Adamawa
From Umar Dankano, Yola Over one thousand (1,000) people with different illnesses have been offered free medical services sponsored by Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe in Gyawana community of Lamurde local government area…
WHO Raises Alarm On Spike In Dengue Infections
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised alarm on the increase in dengue infections recorded in 2023 globally, which represents a potentially high public health threat. The UN health agency gave the…