The Nigerian Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has stated that it would take the country about 120 years to have the desired number of medical doctors needed in the health sector. The Minister spoke at the weekend during the maiden matriculation of the Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHSO) held at its temporary site,…
GIOTV reports that the Lagos State government has raised an alarm over the possibility of a fourth wave of COVID-19 as the Yuletide approaches. In a bid to tackle the re-emergence of the viral infection, the government launched a mass vaccination campaign aimed at vaccinating four million residents in Lagos before the end of the…
The Nigerian Senate has condemned a proposal by the Federal Ministry of Health to borrow $200 million (N82,070,388,916.76) under the malaria program to buy mosquito nets in the 2022 budget. A member of the Senate Committee on Health, Gershom Bassey on Tuesday, October 26, opposed the move by the Ministry during the 2022 budget defence…
Kehinde Tijani, a medical expert has urged older men to take better care of their prostate health to prevent other health complications. The expert, a Professor of Surgery, noted that the poor state of prostate health is a major reason for the increasing incidence of urinary tract infections among older men. Recall that it was…
Mr Olayinka Subair, the Country Manager Nigeria and Cluster Lead West Africa for Pfizer, has said Nigeria cannot produce the vaccine now. According to to him, there is no technical capacity to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria now. Subair said this during a courtesy visit to The PUNCH Headquarters in Magboro, Ogun State, on…
The Federal Government on Thursday announced its plans to create mass vaccination sites in higher institutions of learning and religious centres. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja. According to Shuaib, the latest decision of the Federal Government to create the vaccination…
With effect from December 1 2021, Federal Government employees shall be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the SGF, they will also be…
A staff nurse of a medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), identified as Hassan Mohammad has been killed by bandits in Zamfara State. It was gathered that Hassan, 37, and two other passengers were killed when bandits opened fire on a commercial bus along Shinkafi-Kaura Namoda road on Saturday evening, October 2. The MSF nurse…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on Nigerians to desist from patronizing frozen poultry products and other food items preserved with formalin. Formalin is a poisonous chemical popularly used to preserve the human body in mortuaries. NAFDAC’s spokesman, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Federal Government on Monday said over 3.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine are expected from the United States, as part of measures to ensure all Nigerians get vaccinated against the virus. Briefing reporters in Abuja, Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said notable progress is being made in the…