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The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), yesterday revealed that while over two million people have been displaced by the crisis in the North-Eastern Nigeria, not less than nine million are in dire need of emergency relief.
Addressing Newsmen in Abuja, the United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for SAHEL, Mr Toby Lanzer, said the organisation was expectant for more aids from non governmental organisations and UNODC agencies, even as he noted that the rate of destruction in the crisis torn areas was alarming.
UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in charge of Katsina and Kano States, Padmavathi Yedla, has explained that the solutions to high infant mortality rate in Nigeria are not expensive but they are not properly observed because social norms are opposed to them.
Yedla, who stated this at the weekend while speaking at her maiden meeting with Katsina newsmen, was disturbed by the high rate of infant mortality, particularly in the North. She expressed that even in the North with the highest rate of infant mortality; many women do not practice exclusive breast feeding.
The Federal Ministry of Health says it is collaborating with Delta Government to enhance disease surveillance and curtail the spread of Lassa Fever recorded in the state. Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday.
The minister was represented during the interview by the Deputy Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry, Mr Olajide Oshundun.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director, World Health Organisation (WHO) AFRO, has commended the Federal Government for its prompt response and declaration of Public Health Emergency in Borno over recent polio outbreak.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja on Wednesday. Akinola said that Moeti noted the openness of the government in the overall handling of the process that led to the discovery of the two new cases.
The Delta State Ministry of Health has confirmed one confirmed person dead and 32 others on surveillance following the reported case of Lassa fever.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Azinge, in a statement on Monday in Asaba, said that the state recorded one death from Lassa fever after a medical doctor in the state died from the disease.
It is important that the cause of ill health is diagnosed before the administration of medication. However, in spite of this, self medication has continued to be a widespread practice in the country.
Beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) are back as the focus of attention in the implementation of the Scheme, as the era of disregarding with impunity their rights and privileges has been declared over.
The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf made the declaration, while addressing a meeting of the Standing Committee of NHIS and the Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
It is feared that Nigerian will confirm more cases of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) caused by the two new cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) detected penultimate week in Borno.
Former Coordinator, Lagos Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, Mr. Ibrahim Umoru, has accused the Federal Government of paying lip service to the treatment and welfare of Nigerians living with the dreaded virus.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed appreciation to the government of Japan for contributing 800 million dollars to the fight against malaria, tuberculosis and other deadly diseases in Nigeria.
This is even as the President assured that Nigeria will diligently ensure full rehabilitation of victims of Boko Haram and find lasting solutions to combat threats of terrorism in the country.
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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.
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.
Insurance scheme boss promises to deliver health care to Nigerians
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.'’
