The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a comprehensive public advisory on Lassa fever, warning that it remained a significant public health threat. Dr Jide Idris, NCDC’s Director General, revealed the concerning trend to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, urging Nigerians to adopt preventive measures as cases continue to rise during…
By Chioma Obinna The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima had on the 2024 World Toilet Day launched the revised Clean Nigeria Campaign, CNC, Strategic Plan to eradicate open defecation by 2030, with nearly 48 million Nigerians still practicing open defecation. The CNC Strategic Plan aims to declare all 774 local government areas open defecation-free by…
By Gbenga Odogun As part of its efforts to achieve universal health coverage, the Kogi State Government said it has so far enrolled 167,000 persons in its health insurance scheme. The Executive Secretary of the state Health Insurance Agency, Adekunle Aledare, disclosed this on Monday in Lokoja, the state capital, shortly after defending the agency’s…
Dr Emmanuel Ahmadu, a Nigerian who wrote the West Africa School Senior Certificate Education 17 times, has earned a distinction from the prestigious London Graduate School in the UK. Ahmadu, a Nigerian mental health advocate and accomplished professional based in the U.S., disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. He said that he was also…
In a fast-paced society like Nigeria, where hustle and survival often take center stage, it’s easy to overlook certain health concerns. Also, because of ‘Tinubunomics’, it has become commonplace among Nigerians to overlook health concerns that they would otherwise have taken seriously in a better economic situation. For whatever reason, there are health conditions that…
