Theme, ‘’TB, TB/HIV and other lung diseases: challenges to the attainment of MDGs in Africa’’ The 18th African Union conference of the international union against tuberculosis and lung disease (IUATLD) was held from 3…
Read moreAbuja: August 30 2010: The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu said yesterday that he was pleased that Nigeria was being consulted by WHO as part of the development of its Global Health Sector Strategy for HIV/AIDS…
Read more2 October 2008 -- At 10.30pm, Friday May 9, 2008, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi Nahuche, Chairman, Bungudu Local Government Area (LGA), handed N400,000 cash to the Director, Primary Health Care (DPHC), Mohammed Rabiu Bungudu, to…
Read more7 August 2009 | ABUJA -- In a ceremony held on August 7, 2009, Dr Peter Eriki, the WHO representative in Nigeria, formally handed over a consignment of anti-TB drugs to the Hon. Minister of Health, Prof Babatunde Osotime…
Read moreNigeria commemorated the 2009 World Stop TB Day on Tuesday 24th March 2009, The slogan ‘I am stopping TB’ was adopted as the national theme for this year’s celebration. At a press conference to mark the occasion, the Hon…
Read more1 August 2008 | Abuja - The Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr Hassan Muhammad Lawal, formally opened the country’s activities commemorating World Breastfeeding Week with a call for more support and empowerment for mothers …
Read more23 July 2008 | Abuja - The International Joint TB and TB/HIV monitoring mission (JIMM) begins work across all geopolitical zones in Nigeria today. The 2008 mission is of particular importance because it is coming a ye…
Read moreNigeria joined the rest of the world on June 14th 2008 to mark the world blood donor day with theme aptly coined “Giving Blood Regularly”. Activities for this year’s world blood donor day started on the 13th of June with…
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