NAFDAC Urges Stakeholders To Lead Vigilance On Antimicrobial Resistance, Adverse Drug Reactions The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on stakeholders and Nigerians to lead vigilance against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to medicines/drugs and Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR). The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye,Continue Reading

Enugu Govt, NNRA partner to ensure radiation safety in health facilities The Enugu State Government and the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) have partnered to set a minimum benchmark on radiative equipments to ensure safety in health facilities within the state. In an address on Wednesday in Enugu at theContinue Reading

CALMHAF Foundation decries severe trauma of 50 widows displaced by Mushere-Bokkos attacks in Plateau The Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation (CALMHAF) has decried dire psychological and humanitarian condition of 50 widows at the COCIN Central IDP Camp in Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau State. This followed brutalContinue Reading

Sokoto, Sightsavers partner media on immunisation against tetanus, azithromycin drug distribution The Sokoto State Government and an NGO, Sightsavers, have sought media partnership on sustain sensitisations and scaling up vaccinations against tetanus and distribution of azithromycin drug across the state. Mr Kamaru Gada, the Director Advocacy in the Sokoto StateContinue Reading

Children Asthmatic Attacks: Foundation urges checkmate of environmental pollution The Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF), an NGO, has urged Nigerians, especially government at all levels, to checkmate factors promoting environmental pollution leading to children asthmatic attacks. The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Foundation, Prof. Chiwuike Uba, made the call onContinue Reading

Malaria Prevention: Enugu Govt., partner enrol 1,000 pregnant on health insurance scheme The Enugu State Government, in collaboration with Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS), has enrolled 1,000 pregnant women into the state health insurance scheme in order to stamp out malaria. The benefitting pregnant women, which enrollment gesture isContinue Reading

WMD: Pharmaceutical firm partners Enugu Govt., donates 100 doses of malaria drug     A pharmaceutical company, Reals Pharmaceutical Ltd, has partnered Enugu State Government in its avowed move to eliminate malaria in the state’s 17 council areas.     The Sales and Marketing Director of the pharmaceutical firm, MrContinue Reading