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Top Ten News Items on Health, 8 January 2021
This Day, 6 January 2021
Nigeria: WHO endorses Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 immunisation in Nigeria

As Nigeria prepares to take delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday that it has authorised the vaccine made by Pfizer for immunisation against the virus in the country.
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Daily Independent, 6 January 2021
COVID-19: FG moves to allay fears among Nigerian populace on vaccine safety

With higher cases of COVID-19 across the country, making its toll to exceed 900,000 on Sunday, so also heightened fears among the populace over the Federal Government’s process of procuring vaccines, its safety and ability to protect citizens from contracting...
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Nairametrics, 8 January 2021
Buhari assents Disability Bill, inaugurates National Commission for Persons with Disabilities

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Disability Bill and also inaugurated a National Commission for Persons with Disabilities. The President disclosed this in a statement on Thursday evening.
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Punch, 8 January 2021
Nigeria now has capacity to store COVID-19 vaccine –NPHCDA

The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, says Nigeria now has the ultra-cold chain to store vaccines expected in the country. He revealed that the Federal Government has invested in cold chain equipment...
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Leadership, 7 January 2021
COVID-19 Protocols: FG threatens travel ban on defaulting VIPs, govt officials

The federal government has threatened to impose a travel ban on very important persons (VIPs) and government officials flouting COVID-19 protocols. It said all VIPs and government officials that violated the protocols will undergo compulsory COVID-19…
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Punch, 8 January 2021
Increased testing will enable understanding of COVID-19 burden –NCDC
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control says increasing national testing capacity for COVID-19 will enable understanding of its burden. The Head of Department, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, NCDC, Mrs. Elsie Ilori, made this...
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The Sun, 28 December 2020
NAFDAC shuts down 6 local pharmaceutical companies over substandard, falsified products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) announced on Monday that it has shut down six local manufacturers of finished pharmaceutical products over non-compliance with established rules of...
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Vanguard, 6 January 2021
NMA partners Zamfara govt in the fight against quackery

The Zamfara State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is partnering with the state Ministry of Health in the fight against quackery in the profession. The State NMA Chairman, Dr Mannir Bature, disclosed this in a statement in Gusau on Wednesday.
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Vanguard, 5 January 2021
1.8m Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS — NACA

No fewer than 1.8 million persons are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. This came as the virus claimed 44,830 lives in 2019, while  more than 100,000 new infections were equally recorded in...
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Vanguard, 7 January 2021
COVID-19: Nigeria at a tipping point, as FG moves to establish oxygen plants in states
The Federal Government on Thursday took stock of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic vis a vis the attitude of Nigerians to embracing safety precautions, and concluded that the country is now at a tipping point. This came as government...
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“I decided to be pregnant with my wife” – Men as nurturers for healthy pregnancy and delivery

In January 2020, in the middle of the dry season known as harmattan in Nigeria, I was in Kano state performing my duties as a health advocate when I received news from my wife which redefined my plans for the next nine months. “Babe, I think my body is changing, I bought a pregnancy rapid test kit to test my urine and it showed double lines,” she said to me on the phone. As a microbiologist, I understood the meaning of the rapid test reading. However, it required another level of confirmation by a doctor. From that moment, I began to have mixed feelings about the situation.
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