Health

Toddler Yusuf being applied zinc ointments at the measles ward in Gwange paediatric hospital in Maiduguri. Zinc ointments help to relieve itching sensation and essential for…
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By El-Yakub Dabai, Birnin Kebbi Civil Society on Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria, (CS-SUNN), has identified poor budgetary provisions amongst states of Nigeria as a major…
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By our reporter, Lafia Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has launched a multi-sectoral action plan on food and nutrition to tackle persistence of child and maternal…
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By our reporter Governor Abdullahi Sule has launched the second Nasarawa State Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action of Food and Nutrition (NSMPFAN) 2023-2028, with a vow to provide…
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By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi  Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation has been proven to be more effective and efficient than iron and folic acid supplementation in…
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By El-Yakub Dabai, Birnin Kebbi The United Nations Children Fund Country Director, Mrs Christiana Munduate has charged Kebbi State Government and other donor agencies to work…
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Participants at the Neglected Tropical Diseases Day By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi No fewer than 5 million people in Bauchi state were treated of various neglected…
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By Akpan David, Calabar A newly-built and commissioned state of the art specialist medical facility has assorted treatments, including eye, fibroid, orthopedic surgeries on…
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Kebbi State Governor Comrade Nasir Idris By El-Yakub Dabai, Birnin Kebbi Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has commissioned 100-bed capacity mother and child Hospital…
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“My mother-in-law asked me how I was feeling, and I told her I was fine, but I knew I was not,” says Ngozi, a 28-year-old petty trader from Abakaliki. “I was stooling,…
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Adamawa State Commissioner of Health, Chief Felix Tangwami By Joseph Adahnu, Yola Adamawa state Government has sealed-off eight illegal health training institutions…
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Mulikat Three years into its campaign to have noma recognised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD), international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors…
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Katsina State Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda has revealed the state's intentions to transform the General Amadi Rimi Orthopedic Hospital into a comprehensive healthcare…
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By Ahmed A. Usman, Kafanchan In a bid to promote hygienic practices and bolster security measures within the meat industry, the National Butchers Association of Nigeria, Kaduna…
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By Carl Umegboro Lagos State is the most populous state, the commercial capital of the country and economic hub of West Africa having held the status of the federal capital…
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Continuous heavy fighting has been taking place in Zurmi town of Zamfara State since 10 December, with some of the confrontations occurring dangerously close to a hospital…
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