By Haruna Gimba The Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), Dr Aminu Magashi Garba, has called on the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof….
Category: Health
NPHCDA announces Gov Namadi best on health in North-west
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has named Jigawa State Governor Malam Umar Namadi as the best performing governor on health in the North-west region of Nigeria….
Diphtheria: UNICEF team storm Jigawa to support reduction of outbreak
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The representatives of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) under the leadership of their country Director, Ms Christian Manduate stormed Jigawa state, with aims to support Jigawa government’s effort…
Kano philanthropist donates house for conversion to health facility
A Kano based philanthropist, Ambassador Ghazali Yusuf Ibrahim has offered his house, number 306 at Gyaranya Ward of Gwale Local Government Area to be used for conversion to a health facility in…
KBSG flags off 4-day free medical outreach programme
Kebbi State Government in collaboration with an NGO, Nasare Nasir Foundation, led by wife of the Governor, Hajiya Zainab Nasare Nasir Idris has sponsored a Four-day free medical outreach programme targeting no…
ICRC provides mental health, psychosocial support to 10,000 people in Borno
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Maiduguri The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided mental health and psychosocial support services to 10,000 people in Borno state, Nigeria, over the past eight…
World Contraceptive day: Child spacing improve Socioeconomic development – Dr Kainuwa
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa state commissioner of health Dr Abdullahi Kainuwa said, efficient child spacing, improve Maternal and health as well as contribute to sustainable socioeconomic development. The commissioner, disclosed…
Over 60 pupils hospitalized after eating candy made with weed
More than 60 schoolchildren in Jamaica were rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after consuming candy laced with cannabis, the country’s education minister said. The Country’s Education amd Youth Minister, Fayval Williams…
AMG Foundation partners Kano State Bureau of Statistics, Kano Cancer Care Center to establish cancer registry
By Hannatu Suleiman Abba The Statistician General of Kano State Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Aliyu Isa Aliyu, paid a courtesy visit to the Coordinator of Kano State Cancer Center, Dr. Aminu Magashi…
Newborn triplets, mother not stranded at any Kano hospital – Dr Nagoda
The Executive Secretary Kano State Hospitals Management Board Dr Mansur Mudi Nagoda has reputed a story making rounds that a mother who gave birth to triplets is stranded in Murtala Muhammad Specialist…
Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency Seals Reach Clinic
The Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Reach clinic for non compliance with the law establishing the Agency and standard operation guidelines. The Director General of the…
WHO Supports KNGS on Diphtheria Response Activities
On what is seen as timely support the fight against diphtheria by Kano state government, the World Health Organization (WHO) has donated items to support the state in its fight against the…
Parents urged to make their children available for polio immunization
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Parents and caregivers in Kaduna State have been urged to make their children less than five years of age available for immunization during the next round of the…
Plateau Governor, Mutfwang flags off National Immunisation Plus Days’ Campaign, calls for total compliance
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Plateau state Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has flagged off the National Immunisation Plus Days Campaign in Jos to combat the spread of polio virus in the state. Mutfwang, represented…
Jigawa Gov’s wife urges parents to adopt measures against sickle cell, VVF diseases
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The wife of Jigawa state governor, Hajiya Hadiza Umar Namadi has called on parents to adopt measures against the occurrence of Sickle cell and VVF diseases in the…
YOSPIS activities motivated us to establish PHAFPID – Health Students
By Hannatu Sulaiman Abba The Students of Tropical College of Health Science and Technology Department of Public Health said, Youth Society for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and social vices (YOSPIS) has…
KHETFUND unveils beneficiary guide
The Kano State Health Trust Fund (KHETFUND) has unveiled a beneficiary guide that explains the relevant procedures the beneficiaries should follow before accessing funds from the Agency. This was contained in a…
Diphtheria outbreak claims ten lives in Jigawa, 91 cases reported
From Mika’il Tsoho Dutse The Jigawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria in the state, with approximately 91 suspected cases and a tragic toll of ten lives lost….
JICHMA vows to rectify gaps identified by JiMAF
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa State Contributory Health Management Agency (JICHMA) has promised to go through gaps identified by a group of Civil Society Organizations under the platform of the Jigawa…
Diphtheria outbreak: Death toll rises to 520 in Kano
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Director General of Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board Dr Muhammad Nasir Mahmud, said about 520 children are suspected to have died as a result of the…
KNSG committed to restoring lost glory of State health facilities
The Executive Secretary Kano State Hospitals Management Board Dr Mansur Mudi Nagoda has reaffirmed the State government’s position on restoring all health facilities to it’s lost glory. This was contained in a…
JIMAF launches sensitization campaign on access to JICHMA services in Jigawa
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse A Non-Governmental Organization known as Jigawa Maternal Accountability Forum (JIMAF) with support from OPTIONS embarked on massive enlightenment campaigns on basic minimum package for health services. The campaign…
KNSG to Renovate Government Owned Facilities – Says Health Commissioner
…as HMB Introduces N100,000 Reward to the Best Performing Health Attendant_ The Kano State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has stated that the Kano state government is determined renovating health…
Kano role model in fight against Diphtheria outbreak – WHO
By Abdullahi Yusuf The World Health Organization,WHO, has commended Kano State Government over its rapid response to arrest the diphtheria outbreak in the state,describing it as a role model in the fight…
Seafarers welfare key to success of Maritime sector – Jamoh
…Agency hosts workshop on Seafarers Medical Certification in Lagos The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) hosted an enlightenment workshop for seafarers, employers of seafarers and other maritime stakeholders in Lagos…