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The Federal Government has released N9.8b for fight the outbreak of polio in the troubled North-East region of Nigeria. The North-eastern part of Nigeria has been devastated by constant attacks from the dreaded terror group, Boko Haram.
Recently, two new cases of polio were discovered by the government in Borno state, which has been the worse hit by Boko Haram attacks.
Yellow Fever, Congo, Angola begin mass vaccination drive against epidemic
Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola began one of the biggest ever emergency vaccination campaigns in Africa this week, working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to curb a yellow fever epidemic that has killed hundreds this year.
Health officials expect to vaccinate 14 million people over the next 10 days including some 8.5 million in the densely populatedCongolese capital, Kinshasa, where the disease's presence has sparked fears of a far wider spread.
Despite the N3.87bn allocated to it in the 2016 Appropriation Act, lack of drugs and other essential medical items have crippled operations at the State House Medical Centre, The PUNCH has learnt. The centre provides medical services to the President, Vice-President and their families, aides, members of staff of the State House and other entitled public servants.
A medical doctor and three others have reportedly died of Lassa fever in Anambra state. This was disclosed in a one-day Lassa fever training workshop organized by the state Ministry of Health.
Cancre patients in Nigeria can now heave a sigh of relief as the Saudi German Hospital, Dubai plans to establish a $30 million cancer treatment centre in Nigeria within the next one year. 
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.
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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.
