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  • FG inaugurates Committee on Digital in Health Initiative

    The Federal Government has inaugurated a 20-man committee for the implementation of Nigeria Digital in Health Initiative (NDHI) geared towards transforming national digital healthcare architecture across the country. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, while presenting letters of appointments to members of the committee recently in Abuja, said it is another milestone in the journey…

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  • Tinubu approves relocation of NACA to Federal Ministry of Health

    President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) to the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. NACA was previously domiciled in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. A statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale,…

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  • NOA, UNICEF commit to new level of partnership

    …as Mallam Issa-Onilu outlines reposition plan The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collobration with the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have committed themselves to a new level of partnership that will ensure that the strategic objective of health for all citizens becomes realistic in Nigeria. This was the outcome of the first day of a strategic meeting between the…

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  • FG stops ‘Leave of Absence’ for health practitioners relocating abroad

    The federal government has said no leave of absence for health practitioners relocating abroad. The government added that the relocating practitioners must resign their appointments.  Minister of state for health, Tunji Alausa, made this known in a chat with journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Alausa said a presidential executive order has been forwarded to chief medical directors of government-owned health…

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  • FG mulls legislation to sanitise health sector

    By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The federal government has said it would soon come up with legislation that would regulate the healthcare sector to eliminate quacks and ensure improved service delivery. Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun at the Presidential…

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  • Abduction of students in Kaduna unacceptable- UNICEF

    Innocent Raphael The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has condemned in strong terms the recent abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State, enjoining iimmediate and determined action from all levels of government and society to curb further occurrences. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, in a statement on Friday, explained that UNICEF was in consonance with local officials and…

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  • 500 patients benefit from Ogun free surgical intervention programme in one week

    The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that over 500 surgeries have been performed on patients under the Free Surgical Intervention Programme in one week. Abiodun made the disclosure when he received the Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria who paid him a courtesy call in his office at Oke-Mosan,…

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  • UCH Doctors commences 3-day strike over alleged assault 

    Resident doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo State, on Thursday, began a three-day strike over alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital. Speaking with journalists,  the ARD President, John Oladapo, said that the doctors were demanding a public apology from the people…

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  • We’ll take actions against non-performing CMD,  Health Minister warns

    Kunle Sanni The coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Ali Pate has stated that non-performing chief Medical Directors (CMDs) of the country’s tertiary health institutions will face severe consequences. Pate addressed in Abuja on Wednesday as part of the federal ministry of information and national orientation’s third ministerial press briefing series (MPBS). According to Pate, the CMDs should be…

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  • FG, UNICEF, states partner on climate resilient wash sector

    Kunle Sanni The Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and state governments across the country to tackle the pressing sustainable development challenge posed by climate change in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Shehu Shinkafi, made this…

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