By Peter Samuel Ebonyi State of South East Nigeria has been selected among six pilot states to lead Nigeria’s transition to locally-driven responses against HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria, as international donor support begins to reduce drastically in the state. The development was announced during a three-day high-level stakeholders’ engagement on the Sustainability Roadmap organized…
By Health & Science Africa The Federal Government has described national blood service as a critical and indispensable pillar of Nigeria’s healthcare delivery architecture. The declaration came alongside a renewed call for enhanced collaboration, private sector investment, and finance-driven proposals that will reposition blood services for maximum national impact. Speaking during a high-level working…
By Health & Science Africa The Minister of State for Agriculture, Dr Aliyu S. Abdullahi, says the newly established Ministry of Livestock Development plans to set up a breeding centre in each of the six geopolitical zones to enhance productivity and sustainability. He made the disclosure during the interactive session organised by the Sir…
By Ojoma Akor Persons Living with HIV (PLWHIV) in sero-discordant marriages—where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is not—have said that adherence to treatment, proper counselling, among others, have helped them to live healthy and help maintain their partners’ negative status over the years. They told Health and Science Africa ( HSA) that…
By Ojoma Akor Novo Nordisk and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) have announced a three-year partnership geared towards supporting the Consortium on Newborn Screening in Africa (CONSA) Community Health Worker (CHW) Initiative. The initiative will be implemented in seven countries across Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The collaboration’s…
By Ojoma Akor The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) says It is working with the Government of Nigeria and other stakeholders to provide technical and financial support to Nigeria’s effort to eliminate measles. Dr Joseph Forbi, an epidemiologist with US CDC , Nigeria made the disclosure Tuesday in Abuja…
By Ojoma Akor The Federal Ministry of Health says that over 90% of people infected with hepatitis B in Nigeria are undiagnosed . The coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate made the disclosure Tuesday during the commemoration of the World Hepatitis Day. The event was organized by the National…
By Ojoma Akor The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has given the federal government a 21 day ultimatum to meet its demands on doctors welfare and others , failure for which it will proceed on a total and indefinite strike. The association gave the ultimatum in a communique issued after its Emergency Delegates Meeting (…
By Health and Science Africa Ministers of Health and senior representatives from ten African Union (AU) Member States in Southern Africa have issued a renewed call for collective action on health financing, climate resilience, and outbreak preparedness. They made the call during the 4th Southern Africa Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (ReSCO) Meeting held in Lilongwe…
By Peter Samuel Professor Henry C. Uro-Chukwu is a physician, medical biochemist, food scientist and clinical nutritionist. He was trained in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He also invented a clinic called Nutri-Med Online Clinic to advance the place of nutrition in medicare across the world. In this interview with…
