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…
Category: Health
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…
Group decries high rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria
The 57th Annual General & Scientific Conference of the Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria has been held in Kano State. During the opening ceremony that witnessed the attendance of the…
Kano govt procures N69m test kits to stem HIV/AIDS
The Kano government has expended N69 million on procurement of rapid test kits to stem HIV/AIDS transmission in the state. The Commissioner for Health Dr Labaran Yusuf, stated this at a news…
AKTH To Mark World Premature Day Today
The Department of Paediatrics of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital will commemorate World Prematurity Day today (Wednesday) at the Main Conference hall of the hospital. According to a statement issued by the Head…
KNSG To Revamp Its Drugs Manufacturing Unit
The resolve of the administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf to boost the capacity of the Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency’s (DMCSA) Drugs Manufacturing Unit (DMU) has been stressed….
60 African journalists undergo training on child health, immunization and nutrition
60 journalists from 30 African countries from West, central,north Africa,Burundi and Madagascar are undergoing training on child health immunization and nutrition,in Lome-Togo. Declaring the forum open,Togo minister of communication Mrs Yawa Kouigan,…
Kano State One-Health MDAs, CSOs, LISDEL collaborate to review Health Security Expenditure
By Mustapha Salisu A 1-day stakeholders workshop has been organized by the Legislative Initiative For Sustainable Development (LISDEL) in collaboration with the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) as part of their Prevent…
Stakeholders urge parents to make their Children available for polio immunization
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Parents and caregivers have been charged to ensure they make their children less than 5 years of age available for immunization as Kaduna State Government in collaboration with…
UPDATE: Girl with cancer receives life-changing hospital transfer by Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa
Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, a member representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, after a meeting with Fatima Shu’aibu and her parents earlier this week at his Kano residence, immediately proceeded…
Kano Ministry Of Health, Dala Orthopedic Hospital to Collaborate on Manpower Training
The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf has assured National Orthopedic Hospital, Dala, of state government readiness of continued working relationship. Dr. Labaran dropped the hint while receiving the…
Adamawa gov’t commences statewide polio immunization for children
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Adamawa state government has commenced a four-day statewide polio virus vaccination exercise for children of zero to fifty nine months old. Executive Chairman of the State Primary…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is passionate about health sector, says Dr. Labaran
The passion attached to the healthcare system of Kano state by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has been described as the principal reason of the total transformation the sector is witnessing. The state…
Kano Health Commissioner Urges Agencies To Emulate KSCHMA’s Service Charter
Kano State commissioner for health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf has called on the Agencies under the ministry to emulate the efforts of Kano State Contributory Health Management Agency ( KSCHMA) to develop…