President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked Rotary Club for its various interventions in the health sector, particularly putting in $268 million in the fight against Polio.
The president gave the commendation when he received Rotary International President, Mr. Shekhar Mehta and...
Thirty stranded patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba and the Asaba Specialist Hospital (ASH) have heaved a sigh of relief.
The relief came as Wife of Delta Governor, Dame Edith Okowa, paid their medical bills worth N7.8 million.
Speaking at...
Former Governor of Anambra, Mr. Peter Obi, has donated N100 million to Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital Nsukka (BSSHN) to upgrade its School of Nursing and Midwifery to a College.
BSSHN is a missionary hospital owned and managed by Nsukka Catholic Diocese.
Obi...
The Federal Government says no doctor or health worker in Nigeria is owed monthly salary.
The Minster of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said this at the opening of the meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee for development and implementation of a Health Sector Reform programme for Nigeria.
The committee, to be chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, would also work in collaboration with State Governments...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa, as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Adetifa replaces Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has been appointed to head the World Health Organization (WHO)’s...
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to give corps members health insurance cover during service.
The MoU was signed by the Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof....
A massive outbreak of vaccine-derived polio has been reported in Nigeria.
The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Dr. Peter Hawkins, disclosed this in his remarks at the third Quarter Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health...
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the nation’s health sector due to a number of issues.
Dr. Victor Makanjuola, the MDCAN’s newly elected National President,...
The Ebonyi Government has set aside N100 million counterpart fund for health insurance scheme for civil servants.
Executive Secretary, Ebonyi State Health Insurance Agency (EBSHIA), Mrs. Mary-Rose Egwu, made this known during an advocacy/sensitisation meeting with the organised labour and...
