As part of its effort in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said the 2030 target for ending the scourge is attainable.

Speaking at a one-day training organized by NACA in Lagos, with the theme, New Trends in HIV/AIDS the Head, Research Unit NACA, Dr. Ogbonna Amanze said, as a country, we can achieve the target if we do the right things and out the necessary measure in place.

The first antibiotic was discovered by Paul Ehrlich in 1909 and cured syphilis-infected rabbits. At that time about 10% of the population of London were infected with syphilis and there were no effective treatments.

Despite the tedious injection procedure and side effects, Salvarsan, together with the less toxic derivative Neosalvarsan, enjoyed the status of the most frequently prescribed drug until its replacement by penicillin in the 1940s. The postwar period was the beginning of a 20-year golden age of antibiotic discovery, with a large number of effective new antibiotics entering into clinical use.

Federal Government has pledged to support any individual or group working towards improving the community healthcare system in Nigeria, Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, has said.

Adewole made the pledge during the official flag-off of free medical outreach organized by the Sarkin Shanun Jere Family in Jere Town, Kaduna State.

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has commended the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, for donating an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) equipment worth more than N70 million to Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos.

He noted that the donation was the biggest private intervention in the hospital, adding that it would replace obsolete equipment the hospital was using.

The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, has called on the Federal Government to prioritize the health sector in order to save it from total collapse.

Fabamwo stated this in Lagos during the Ordinary General Meeting of the Nigerian Medical Guild, Lagos State chapter, held last Wednesday with the theme, Challenges of inadequate human resources in the health sector.

The Ondo State Government has said that it recorded 800 cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis infection in the state.

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who stated this during the biennial general meeting of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, Ondo State chapter, held in Akure, capital of the state, also noted that tuberculosis had posed a serious challenge to the health sub-sector in the state.