The respite is over. Lassa fever season is back, and it’s brought Anambra and Delta closer over the River Niger bridge. New cases popping up in Asaba have led to the death of a doctor and two others.

The doctor was transferred from El Comfort Clinic in Asaba to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi where he died hours later. His wife was ill and moved to Otibhokhae Teaching Hospital in Edo state, but her fever was confirmed as just malaria. According to Dr Nicholas Azinge, commissioner for health in Delta. She’s been treated for malaria, but her children are under surveillance.

In a bid to mitigate the effect of malaria infection across Sokoto state, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off the house-to-house campaign for the administration of preventive drugs which targets estimated 1.8 million kids.

Speaking in Isa LGA of the state during the flag off, Tambuwal said “government has adopted many strategies in solving the menace of malaria and other health related diseases such as capacity building for the health personnel, provision of health care facilities and provision of essential drugs among others.”

Scores of disgruntled community health nurses have expressed anger over what they call a disregard of the constitution by their national executives in the discharge of duties.

According to the nurses, their national executives have squashed the constitution of the Association and have currently adopted for themselves powers that are not provided by the constitution of the Association.

The Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has reiterated his commitment to deliver optimal health service to all Nigerians.

Yusuf said this during the NHIS management retreat in Kaduna with the theme :`Repositioning Insurance Scheme towards achieving Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria.'’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the Federal Government is committed to reversing life-threatening diseases affecting Nigerian children.

Mohammed said this in Sokoto, in a message to the opening of a two-day Media Dialogue on Malnutrition, organised by UNICEF, with the theme ''Good Nutrition; invest more #StopChildmalnutritionNigeria.''

IHR Emergency Committee recommendations regarding the international spread of poliovirus

The tenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened via teleconference by the WHO Director-General on 11 August 2016.

In its quest to provide affordable healthcare to all Nigerians, the National Assembly has revealed plans to rescue the National Health Insurance Scheme alongside other agencies requiring emergency situations from the strongholds of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) system of the Federal Government.

The revelation was made during a three-day NHIS management retreat in Kaduna state by the Deputy Chairman of the House of representatives committee on health, Muhammad Usman who represented the chairman, Hon. Chike Okafor.