Category: Health Care

FG inaugurates 3 policy documents to improve eye health

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated three policy documents to improve vision and eye health in the country.The inauguration was with support from Sightsavers Nigeria and other partners as part of activities to commemorate the 2023 W…

Media, key to mental health education – Kazadi

WHO Representative to Nigeria, Walter Kazadi, has stressed the importance of the media in advancing understanding of mental health and substance disorders.He said this during a two-day training for journalists on mental health in Abuja on Monday.The N…

Zamfara, 3 others, highest cholera cases in Nigeria- NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has listed Zamfara, Cross River, Adamawa and Ogun as states with the highest cholera cases in the country.NCDC’s Incident Manager, Cholera Technical Working Group, Dr Sebastian Yennan, said …

Health Council partners 3DATX on vehicular emission testing

The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), says it is partnering with 3DATX Africa, a US based organisation on vehicular emission testing.Dr Yakubu Baba, Registrar of EHCON stated this at a media dialogue on de-carbonisation control measure o…

NCDC registers 1,968 Lassa fever cases in 28 states

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has registered 1,068 Lassa fever infections across 112 local government areas in 28 states of the federation.The NCDC said this via its official website on Tuesday in its Lassa Fever Situat…