The Lagos State Government has said it has begun procuring antiretroviral drugs with state funds to sustain HIV treatment, noting that 147,904 people living with the virus receive medication across the state. The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency disclosed this as it outlined its achievements under its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Folakemi Animashaun. The move
One hundred and fifty-four students of Government Science Secondary School, Batagarawa, Katsina State, were hospitalised following a suspected adverse reaction to praziquantel tablets administered to treat bilharzia. The incident occurred on Monday, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Katsina State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu.
A survey conducted by the Health and Family Welfare Department in collaboration with Ipas Development Foundation among district hospitals in the State has recognised the Lady Goschen to this distinction, said a release
K. Muraleedharan says medical board will probe whether use of expired Remdesivir led to deaths of Nipah patients
By Chioma Obinna The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has begun mobilising health workers nationwide for possible industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS, a demand that has remained unresolved for about 13 years. In a resolution jointly signed by the JOHESU National Chairman, Comrade Kabiru Minjibir, and National Secretary, Comrade Martin Egbanubi, JOHESU said the season for uninterrupted implementation of the CONHESS adjustment was now or never, warning that it would not accept threats from…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned applicants undergoing recruitment into four agencies under the Ministry of Interior against making payments for the mandatory Drug Integrity Test (DIT). The agency said the Ministry of Interior had already made a bulk payment to cover the testing of new intakes into the Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The forum was attended by communities in the HIV response, development partners, faith-based organisations, academia and representatives of Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA). The Director General of GAC, Dr Kharmacelle Prosper Akanbong, mentioned some of the things the commission had done after the 14th Partnership Forum, to include the establishment of a youth desk at the commission; the development and validation of the National HIV and TB Human Rights Strategic Plan 2026 to 2030; the design of new interventions for people who use drugs and the development of a community-level data system as…