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…
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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…
KSCHMA Organizes Workshop For Review Of Agency’s Communication Strategy
Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency with support of FCDO Lafiya project organised a 3-days workshop for the review of Agency’s communication strategy and implementation road map to expand coverage and effective…
Nutrition International Trains Health Workers, Motivators in Jigawa
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse A non-governmental Organization known as Nutrition International in partnership with FacE-PAM and SWODEN has trained 75 healthcare workers and 100 male motivators in Jigawa state. Speaking during the…
Gombe: Coalition Advocates Timely Release of Funds to Tackle Malnutrition
From Laraba Usman, Gombe The Gombe State Coalition of the Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has advocated for the timely release of budgeted funds aimed at tackling malnutrition among the…
Bring Your Children for Polio Immunization – JAP Encourages Parents
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Parents and caregivers have received a crucial call to ensure their children, aged below 5 years, participate in the upcoming polio immunization campaign, jointly conducted by the Kaduna…
Kano Commissioner Assures Domestication, Implementation of Health Promotion Policy
…No any Heath Educator would be replaced – DPH The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has assured that the administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf is ready to…
AMG Foundation Commits to Supporting Women, Girls in Babban Giji Community
By Hannatu Sulaiman Abba Malam Suleiman Umar Jalo, the Director of Operations at Aminu Magashi Garba (AMG) Foundation, emphasized the foundation’s commitment to providing increased support to women and girls in the…
State House Hospital’s Advanced Medical Tech Excites Gbajabiamila
Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has toured the Presidential Wing of the State House Hospital, a N21billion facility equipped with world-class medical technology. Speaking with State House correspondents after…
KNSG Appoints New Provost of College of Nursing and Midwifery
In continued commitment to repositioning the College of Nursing and Midwifery to function optimally and efficiently, the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointment of Bara’atu Gwadabe as…
Kano Lawmaker Offers Free Eye Care Services To 1500 Patients
By Safiya Usman Member representing Tarauni constituency, Alhaji Kabiru Dahiru Sule, has offer free community eye care,treatment and medical services at Tarauni primary health care,for 1,500 patients. Speaking during the event, member…
Organisation decries rising cases of GBV in Gombe
By Laraba Usman Centre for Integrated Health Programme (CIHIP) has decried the escalation of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and identified underreporting of cases as a major factor responsible for the increase. Mal.Bashir Musa…
Jigawa: Only 56.2% Pregnant Women Aware of IFA Benefits as NGO Expands Interventions
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse A non-governmental Organization known as Nutrition International in partnership with the Jigawa government through FACE-PAM and SWODEN expanded its interventions from three to eight local government areas in…
MOH, BAN Sensitize Kano Journalists on Diphtheria
Perturbed by the prevalence of misinformation on diphtheria, the Kano State Ministry of Health in collaboration with Breakthrough Action Nigeria (BAN) has organized a 2-day sensitization workshop on diphtheria to journalists, selected…
Northern States laud New Incentives as vaccination rate hits 2m
The New Incentives – All Babies Are Equal (NI-ABAE) program said it has so far provided cash incentives amounting to N4,752,714,560 to 1,838,981 caregivers in northern Nigeria to increase childhood vaccination rates…