Healthcare

WHO: Testing cuts leave world ‘increasingly blind’ to COVID-19 spread HEALTHDIGEST- A dramatic drop in testing for Covid-19 has left the world blind to the virus’s continuing rampage...

World Bank Loans Nigeria $200M For Malaria Intervention On Tuesday, the National Malaria Elimination Programme said that the World Bank was providing them $200 million loan to fund...

FG: Nigeria, Worst-Hit Malaria Country In The World   Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, says that Nigeria has recorded the highest number of malaria cases and deaths...

NHIS: Stakeholders' Discuss Critical Health Issues The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) State Office, Yaba has hosted an interactive stakeholders’ forum in Lagos to address the critical issues...

Kano PHCMB warns 5 personnel over Covid-19 scale-up Vaccination HEALTHDIGEST- Kano state Primary Health Care Management Board (PHCMB) has warned 5 personnel over Covid-19 scale up vaccination and...

Researchers to recruit 120 ex-footballers for dementia study HEALTHDIGEST- Researchers are seeking to recruit 120 former professional footballers to help with a new study to investigate how to...

Kano State: 2.8 Million Hospital Visits Were Recorded In 2021 Due To Malaria   The Kano State Government has said that it has recorded over 2.8 million hospital visits...

WHO: Nigeria, Others Tasked With Drug, Insecticide Resistance, New Malaria strains On World Malaria Day   The World Health Organization (WHO) marked World Malaria Day by urging Nigeria and...

WHO: Nigeria To Receive 9 Million Doses Of Oral Cholera Vaccines   Walter Mulombo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) country representative, says that Nigeria is expected to receive approximately...

ExxonMobil: $37.4m Spent On Anti Malaria Programmes In Nigeria In The Past 20 Years   ExxonMobil, an American oil and gas giant, has said that it has invested more...