This Day, 18 August 2020 Nutrition experts call on FG to return N800m RUTF allocation removed from 2020 budget Nutrition experts have appealed to the federal government to immediately return the N800 million budgetary allocation for... Click here for the full story
Vanguard, 17 August 2020 FG earmarks N126bn for health infrastructure upgrade Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, has said that the Federal Government had provided a... Click here for the full story
Daily Times, 21 August 2020 Nigeria to begin COVID-19 drug trial in 13 states – PTF The Federal government has stated that Nigeria will commence Covid-19 drug trial in 13 states soon. Click here for the full story
Vanguard, 14 August 2020 National Council on Health approves 2020 Basic Health Care Provision Fund guideline The National Council on Health, NCH, has approved the 2020 Basic Health Care Provision Fund, BHCPF, a guideline which... Click here for the full story
Daily Trust , 18 August 2020 NACA plans implementation of 2nd phase of HIV/AIDS response The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has concluded plans to commence the implementation of... Click here for the full story
Business Day, 19 August 2020 NSIA sets up $5.5m medical diagnostic centre in Umuahia The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) on Tuesday commissioned a $5.5 million ultra-modern diagnostic centre it built in... Click here for the full story
Premium Times, 20 August 2020 COVID-19 stimulus: 16 states receive N1.6bn World Bank grant The National Economic Council (NEC) says 16 states have so far received N100 million grant each from the World Bank to... Click here for the full story
WHO, 20 August 2020 Imo State launches innovative mobile health insurance programme with technical support from WHO The Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Hope Uzodinma on 19 August 2020, launched the innovative Mobile Health Insurance... Click here for the full story
Premium Times, 20 August 2020 Lassa fever: More deaths in Ondo than COVID-19, as confirmed cases climb Despite the panic over the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of deaths by Lassa fever has silently climbed to... Click here for the full story
Business day, 21 August 2020 Medical care eludes disabled Nigerians on fear of infection Nigerians with disabilities are struggling to secure routine medical treatment owing to the continued spread of... Click here for the full story
