…Commemorates World TB Day The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has restated the commitment of the State government to bringing an end to preventable deaths arising from tuberculosis. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, joined policymakers, stakeholders and partners in the fight against TB to commemorate the year 2021 World TB Day in Lagos with […]
Month: March 2021
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has stressed the need for citizens who fit into Phase One of the ongoing COVID vaccination exercise to register on dedicated COVID vaccination self registration portal before visiting any of the 88 vaccination sites for the COVID vaccine noting that e-registration is now a mandatory protocol in […]
… Says Malaria Is Life-Threatening Disease Dr. Babajide Majekodunmi, a Medical Officer with the General Hospital, Gbagada, has described malaria as a life-threatening disease transmitted to people through the bites of infected female anopheles mosquitoes. Speaking at a two-day training organised by the Lagos State Government, in collaboration with a Malaria consortium, for clinical staff […]
In a quest to achieve the desired goal towards reduction in the spread of HIV/AIDs among youths, the Ogun State Government has renewed its commitment to facilitate more capacity building for peer health educators in higher institutions of learning, so as to bring about a more improved behavioural change towards the scourge. State Commissioner for […]
UNICEF has predicted increase in Child marriage amidst the COVID 19 pandemic. According to a new analysis by UNICEF, ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice. UNICEF says about 25 million child marriages were averted in the last decade therefore warns […]
Worried by the increasing number of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion among the youths, the Ogun State Government says it will focus and capture more adolescents in its family planning initiatives and programmes. The Executive Secretary, Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Elijah Ogunsola made this revelation in Abeokuta at a meeting with the State’s […]
Nigeria has finally received the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX — a global initiative that seeks to ensure equitable distribution of the vaccines to all countries. AFP reports that a batch of four million COVAX vaccines have now landed in Nigeria. The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the […]
As part of efforts to improve the health indices of citizens as well as put an end to maternal deaths and other health emergencies, the Ogun Government has distributed 22 Tricycle to Primary Health Centres across the State. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker at the distribution ceremony held at the Obas Complex, Oke Mosan, […]
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