Health Sector

FG Wants Improved Health Spending to Reflect on Outcome

The federal government has expressed the need to ensure that increased allocation to the health
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Senator Tejuoso Solicits Senate Support For FMC’s Tele-Medicine Conference Hall

A Senator, representing Ogun Central Senatorial District at the 8th National Assembly, Senator Lanre Tejuoso
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Reflections from Nigeria’s EPMM/IMHM dialogue

Background  Six years ago, WHO released Strategies toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM), a direction-setting report that
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AfDB to Support Quality Healthcare Infrastructure Across Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to support African countries to have quality healthcare infrastructure
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NCDC develops tool to verify COVID-19 test results

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the Federal Government is
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Kano government confirms 3 deaths, 284 infections from outbreak of

Kano State government, on Tuesday, confirmed three persons dead and 284 others infected in the
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Minister: Nigerian government has not approved private importation of coronavirus

The Federal Government has not authorised private importation of COVID-19 vaccines, the Minister of Health,
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten mental health of 332m children —UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund warns that stay-at-home policies are threatening the mental health of
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UNICEF chief says $1bn more needed for COVAX COVID-19 vaccine

The UNICEF on Wednesday urged countries to contribute more money to help poor countries to
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Supply chain strain threatening COVID-19 vaccine mass scale-up

The unprecedented scaling-up of vaccine manufacturing to counter COVID-19 has sparked dangerous shortages in the
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