By Babatunde Kaka Lagos Govt has partnered with Jawa Group of Companies on Mother and Infant child programme …initiative will also assist indigent expectant mothers living below the poverty level in Lagos State Ekohotblog reports that Lagos State Government has called on corporate organisations, particularly Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage manufacturing companies and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) … Read more
High blood pressure and diabetes are the most common causes of kidney failure. Kidney failure occurs when your kidneys stop working and can no longer do their job. Your kidneys filter waste and extra fluid out of your blood so they can be removed from your body through urine. It’s important to see your doctor … Read more
By Babatunde Kaka. On Monday, October 11, 2021 Odo-Temu community in Ikosi-Ejinrin LCDA marked the International Day of the Girl-Child amid euphoria and jubilation following the groundbreaking ceremony held to commission a modern Primary Health Centre chaperoned by technocrat and Chairman of the LCDA, Hon Wale Raji Anomo. The Health Centre is a fulfilment … Read more
Merck seeks FDA emergency use authorization for antiviral pill treatment molnupiravir for COVID-19. Merck has been producing molnupiravir at risk and expects to produce 10 million courses of treatment by the end of 2021. Ekohotblog reports that pharmaceutical giant, Merck, known as MSD outside the US and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, said Monday, October 11, … Read more
The Bayelsa state government, through the state-owned Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme (BHIS), has begun the enrolment of beneficiaries into the Federal Government-funded Basic Health Care provision fund (BHCPF). Speaking at the launch of the programme on Monday, tagged: ‘take-off of implementation and registration of eligible enrolees into the Basic Health Care provision fund’, the state … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tasked the Nigeria Cardiac Society, (NCS) to develop innovative solutions and reinvent methods to reach out to patients with cardiovascular diseases in Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu, represented by Dr Olusegun Ogboye, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Lagos state, made the call at the 50th anniversary and scientific conference of the NCS … Read more
Reality meets conspiracy theory as the COVID-19 debate rages on. EDITOR’S PICKS: ‘Ex-Vaxxer’ Mum Who Said She Was ‘Unmuzzled And Unvaccinated’ Dies Of COVID-19 COVID-19: 20% Of Nigerian Workers Lost Employment In 2020 – Report Innovation Continues To Prosper Despite COVID-19: UN Report The COVID-19 debate is one that has slowly evolved into a contestation … Read more
…Says Lagos Targets 30 Percent Vaccination Rate First Year Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the weekend gave detailed explanation on how the State Government had expanded access to vaccines since the vaccination programme began in March and the State’s projection to protect its residents and environment. The Governor spoke at the 2021 Global Citizen … Read more
The United States’ known death toll from COVID-19 would surpass the number of dead from the Spanish Flu within the next few days or so, according to the side-by-side numbers. Though a direct comparison between the raw numbers did not give the whole story, medical experts and statisticians said. “What is clear is that the … Read more
Issues discussed included the Head of Service (HOS) removal of Housemanship and NYSC doctors from the Scheme of Service The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Lagos State chapter are back to work after several weeks of strike. A statement signed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has … Read more
Clinical trials of the vaccines in young children are underway. Pfizer has said that results should be available in September. An unvaccinated elementary schoolteacher infected with the highly contagious delta variant spread the virus to half of the students in a classroom, seeding an outbreak that eventually infected 26 people, according to a new report … Read more
The World Health Organization has revealed that they are monitoring a new coronavirus variant called “mu.” This new variant has the potential to evading immunity provided by a previous Covid-19 infection or vaccination, the WHO said. The new variant was initially identified in Colombia but has since been confirmed in at least 39 countries, according … Read more
Ihekweazu is currently the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed as the Assistant Director General of Health Emergency Intelligence at the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ihekweazu’s appointment – which comes into effect on November 1, 2021 – … Read more
This came after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, barred the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from enforcing compulsory COVID-19 vaccination in the state. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and health workers under the umbrella of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), have faulted the move by the Federal … Read more
“Most sources of water in the destroyed border communities (of Borno) have been polluted with corpses, and chemicals and are not good for human consumption. The Chairman of the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, Professor Ibrahim Bukar, on Monday confirmed the death of 35 people within two days by cholera in Pulka, one … Read more
Eligible persons are advised to proceed to vaccination sites where they received their first dose to get their second jab as scheduled on their vaccination card. EDITOR’S PICKS: BREAKING: Commuters Stranded As Drivers Protest Alleged Extortion By LASTMA, Task Force Sunday Igboho Sends Strong Message To Yoruba Nation Agitators Senator Bala Na’Allah’s Son’s Death Might … Read more
NMA’s ultimatum is the latest in the lingering tussle between the Nigerian government and NARD which has gone on strike since July 31 The Ministry of Labour and Employment has rejected the 21-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) saying it is in direct collision with the Memorandum of … Read more
…the NMA fully supports all her affiliates in their efforts to improve the Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria and the welfare of her members. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has given the federal government a 21-day notice to fully resolve all the issues contained in the various agreements signed with its affiliate members. The Nigerian Medical … Read more
People’re to register to be vaccinated, by logging on to https:/www.vaccination.gov.ng. Ogun Government says it has taken delivery of 187,426 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, as it intensifies efforts to combat the third wave of the pandemic. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, in a statement on Saturday, said the vaccines arrived in the … Read more
There have been 1,482,369 total COVID cases, including 23,717 deaths in the state since the pandemic began. Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported 4,904 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 18 related deaths Friday. READ ALSO: EXPOSED: PORNHUB BEGINS ACCEPTANCE OF BITCOIN AS LEGAL TENDER There have been 1,482,369 total COVID cases, … Read more