Dr. Peter Mbah the Enugu governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has instituted a health insurance scheme with a premium worth two million naira for 100 indigent persons in Nkanu East. This was done earlier yesterday in commemoration of the first anniversary of the St. Cecilia Memorial Hospital, Owo, Nkanu East LGA, built … [Read more…]
….donates money, equipments to aid process Committed to strengthening Maternal and Child Health Care in Nkanu West local council of Enugu State, the First Lady of Nkanu West LGA, Mrs Mary Onyinyechukwu Ejim, Friday, October 7, 2022, flagged off vaccination for Measles and Yellow Fever. The flag off ceremony which was performed by the First … [Read more…]
By Chukwuka, Ifunanya Judith (Information Officer/PRO), Min. of Budget and Planning, Enugu State The Enugu State Government through the Ministry of Budget and Planning in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) had on Sunday, 2nd of October commenced a 5 day Community of Practice Workshop on Building Capacity to Mainstream Nutrition into the … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over the possibility of the ebola virus returning to Nigeria, urging the Federal Government to immediately activate preventive measures. Members of the House, at the plenary on Thursday, unanimously adopted a motion moved by one of them, Dachung Bagos, who warned that the virus might spread to … [Read more…]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — alongside governments, philanthropies, the private sector, NGOs, and global and community leaders — has announced commitments totalling $1.27 billion to improve and save millions of lives. According to a statement from the organisation, the commitments were announced during the United Nations General Assembly. It said the funding will … [Read more…]
Louis Amoke The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in Enugu State has signed an agreement with the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) for the federal agency to take over the state-of-the-art Enugu State Medical Diagnostic Centre, Enugu. The agreement is to pave the way for the NSIA to provide comprehensive medical, diagnostic and oncology (cancer) … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded eight additional Lassa fever infections and one death between September 5 and 11. The NCDC via its official website said the new cases bring the number of confirmed cases and deaths to 917 and 171, respectively. It disclosed that 25 states had recorded at … [Read more…]
Nigeria has made history, joining other countries of the world like Ghana and Rwanda to easily and timely ferry needed medical commodities, including vaccines and blood across difficult terrains with drones. This is as instant logistics drone services operator, Zipline, has just commenced commercial deliveries of medical commodities through drones, to health facilities in Kaduna … [Read more…]
Worried by the mass exodus of Nigerian medical doctors abroad in search of greener pastures, President Muhamamdu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, to look into ways of ending the ugly trend. In the last six years, Nigeria have lost an estimated 10,000 doctors and professionals in the health sector to the … [Read more…]
Another case of the dreaded Monkey-pox disease has been recorded in Abia State, thus, bringing to four, the total number of cases so far recorded in the state according to Ministry source. Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji, who confirmed this in an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday, said the patient had been treated and … [Read more…]
An international, non-partisan, non-profitable, advocacy and campaigning organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease particularly in Africa through public awareness, among others, ONE Campaign, has recognised Enugu as the second highest performing state in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria for 2019-2021. Presenting the award of recognition to the Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary … [Read more…]
Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, his excellency, Rt Honourable Adejare Bello, has ordered the closure of the Nigerian mission in the Mexican city due to fresh outbreak of Covid-19 within the mission. The closure will last seven days beginning from tomorrow, Monday, August 8, 2022 in the first instance. As at the time of this report, … [Read more…]