****AS NIGER STATE RECORDS FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19 Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has directed the complete lock-down of the state for Twenty four Hours for the next two weeks starting from the 13th of April, 2020. Following the announcement of a...
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Polio: Global leaders pledge $ 1.2 billion to protect 450 million children – UNICEF
In its effort to completely eradicate polio, countries and partners have pledged $1.2 billion to protect 450 million children from the disease every year. According to a statement by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, Monday, the...
NIGER STATE : WORLD’S LEADING NGO VISITS HEALTH MINISTRY
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello’s positive and partnership-driven disposition has continued to attract both local and international partnership, as one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialised in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and...
Create demand for healthcare services – Executive Director NSPHCDA
Executive Director, Niger State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NSPHCDA), Dr. Yahaya Na’uzo has said that it was high time citizens begin to create demand for quality and affordable services especially in the health sector instead of waiting on government to...
Malnutrition causes half of the infant deaths in Nigeria
Dr. Chris Isokpunkwu, Head, Nutrition Division, Federal Ministry of Health, has revealed that more than half of the close to one million children under five that die in Nigeria annually, died as a result of malnutrition. Dr. Chris Isokpunkwu stated this during a one...