Fight againt Polio: Nigeria introduces the new vaccine regime

               
Also, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said that Nigeria was on course to interrupting the transmission of the wild polio virus, by introducing the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into the nation’s routine immunization schedule.
 The World Health Assembly in May 2012 declared the completion of poliovirus eradication to be a programmatic emergency for global public health and called for a comprehensive polio endgame strategy.

Nigeria scores low in maternal and child health, MDG's - PACFH

Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Fam­ily Health (PACFaH) said Nigeria has gone off track in her efforts at meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets for Mater­nal, New-born and Child Health (MNCH) for 2015.

SERAP drags FG to United Nations, for 'exploitative' student insurance scheme

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an urgent appeal to four UN Special Rapporteurs and the Special Envoy on Global Education over the imposition of compulsory insurance scheme for students of the Federal Government Colleges.

The organization is asking them to use their “good offices and positions to urgently request the Nigerian government to immediately and unconditionally withdraw exploitative insurance scheme imposed on the students on the excuse of protection against attack and violence by Boko Haram.”

Nigeria and Turkey Collaborate On Ebola, Health Insurance

Still basking in the euphoria of its successful defeat of Ebola Virus Disease , EBV, a 10-member high level healthcare delegation from the Nigerian health public sector was in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss ways to build ties between public and private Nigerian and Turkish Healthcare institutions. Nigeria was declared Ebola free on October 20, 2014, by the World Health Organization.
 While the high level bilateral meetings lasted, talks on collaboration between Nigeria and Turkey on the emerging threat of Ebola and other infectious diseases dominated high level meetings between the two countries.

US Department Of Health Delegation Are Set To Visits Guinea and Liberia

Three delegates from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will travel to Liberia and Guinea for three days this week to visit Ebola response sites in the region.

The delegation will comprise U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Karen DeSalvo, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Jimmy Kolker and Deputy Chief of Staff Dawn O’Connel.

Fumigation: Mother trying to kill bed bugs, mistakenly poisoned her children

               
A mother trying to kill bed bugs in her Fort McMurray apartment used an imported pesticide that fatally poisoned her infant and left her other children critically ill.
The substance used in the apartment was a pellet form of phosphine, an agricultural pesticide that is strictly controlled in Canada and requires special training to use.

Parents Alert!! DayCare Centers Now Hiring Out Kids For Street Begging

           

Another unscrupulous mafia like syndicate ring has been exposed -a new notorious form of racketeering with infants from Day Care Centres.

Daily Times investigation uncovered a tripartite gang, comprising some unscrupulous Day Care Centers (DCC), middle men who act as agents and the operatives who are the beggars.
  

LUTH Resident Doctors Protest Non-Payment Of Outstanding 7 Months Salaries

                 
 Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over the non-payment of their outstanding seven month salaries.

Honest Nigerian: Cleaner to be honoured by Lagos lawmakers for returning N12m cash

                     
Lawmakers at the Lagos state House of Assembly has decided to honour one miss Josephine Agwu, a cleaner with one of the cleaning concessionaires at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, for returning N12 million, Josephine picked the money while working, and she thereafter returned it to the rightful owner.

CNB Health Gist: Food Cross-Contamination And Prevention

                   
Have you considered the fact that food poisoning often starts at home, most times we blame the flu and other stuff without knowing that we might have caused that stomach upset ourselves.

Wow! Photo: See The Cojoined Twins That Were Successfully Seperated After 26-Hour Surgery

 

Doctors in Texas has successfully separated 10-month old conjoined twins, the surgery lasted for 26-hour, and it was carried out at the Texas Children's Hospital.
The twins Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith Mata were joined at the chest and abdomen.

See The Vocal Nigerian Pastor, Esther Ibanga That Won $170k Japan Peace Price

     

      
Pastor Mrs Esther Ibanga is noted for her campaigns against Boko Haram, She has held several vocal protest against the kidnappings of Boko Haram and stood for the #BringBackOurGirls# campaign.