The Osun State Government is due to receive a $20 million World Bank support funds to help fix its weak health facilities.

A statement by the chief press secretary to the governor, Adeniyi Adesina, said on Wednesday that the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, gave the hint in Abuja when he played host to the Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola.

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, has proposed a recurrent expenditure of N 315.62 billion for the ministry of health in its 2019 appropriation bill summited to the National Assembly on Wednesday.

This is about 46.3 billion increase from last year’s recurrent expenditure, which was N269.3 billion. Mr Buhari, while reading his budget presentation at the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, said the allocation to the ministry represents a significant increase over votes in previous budgets.

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has assured Nigerians that the Basic Health Care Provision Funds approved by the present administration is underway. The founds has already been processed by the Federal Ministry of Finance and would be released in no distance time.  

Ehanire made this declaration on Wednesday 12th December 2018 while briefing the press on the 5th World Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day with a theme “United for Universal Health Coverage: Now is the Time for Collective Action”.

In a bid to ensure that all residents in Lagos state have access to quality and affordable health care services, the state government has on Tuesday launched the health insurance scheme.

The Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwummi Ambode, at the official launching of the scheme in the state, said the overall goal of the Scheme was for all residents to have unhindered access to quality healthcare at an affordable price.

The federal government has launched a National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS), to provides a roadmap to improve public health in Nigeria.

Edo State government has unveiled the Yellow fever mass vaccination campaign, targeting 3 million people across 13 local council areas.   The project is in collaboration with the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), and the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

The vaccination campaign, which commenced yesterday would continue till December 24, 2018, having as its target, people from ages 9 months to 44 years, who are resident in the identified local councils.

 Harm Reduction Report says ‘political resistance’ fuels HIV, Hepatitis C and death of IDUs

FAILURE of the Federal Government of Nigeria to implement harm reduction programmes against HIV, hepatitis C and preventable death among injection drug users, has been identified as a major factor militating against the progress of the nation’s public health sector.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says Nigeria, and West and Central Africa face “disruptive and destabilizing” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and other crimes.

The Executive Director of UNODC, Mr Yury Fedotov, said this while briefing the UN Security Council session, presided by Côte d’Ivoire.

The D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation is targeting five sectors to strengthen Nigeria’s health system. The health programme is an initiative to enhance economic development among member countries.

Dr Ado Muhammad, the Special Adviser, D8 Health and Social Protection Programme, told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum that the D8 was would expand Primary Health Care services in member countries.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said that 24 patients fled an Ebola treatment center in Beni on Thursday when it came under attack by people protesting the cancellation of Sunday’s presidential election.

Ministry spokeswoman Jessica Ilunga told Reuters that 17 of the patients had already tested negative for Ebola, while seven had not yet been tested.