Tag: #NPHCDA
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DIPHTHERIA: FG DEPLOYS 500,000 VACCINE DOSES TO KANO, KATSINA
The Federal Government has intensified efforts to contain a diphtheria outbreak affecting children in parts of Kano and Katsina States, deploying 500,000 vaccine doses and activating a multi-agency emergency task force. The intervention, ordered by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, is aimed at strengthening disease surveillance, closing immunisation…
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FEC APPROVES SNAKEBITE RESEARCH CENTRE, OTHER HEALTH INTERVENTIONS WORTH 93.9 BILLION NAIRA
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved a health facility upgrade, and three other health initiatives worth about 93.9 billion naira to strengthen healthcare delivery, disease control, and emergency medical services nationwide. Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting…
