National president, Igbos for Progressive and United Nationhood, (IPAN) Chief Lawrence Onuzulike has commended Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo on his free Antenatal Care for pregnant and nursing mothers in all Primary Healthcare centres in the state. Onuzulike in a statement made avaliable to newmen through the Secretary/Media Head, IPAN, Engr. Ozuah Strukture said
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Traditional ruler of Ifitedunu, Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Dr. Emeka Ilouno has pledged to partner with First Best Domiciliary Home Care World, a non-governmental organisation to provide care for the elderly in his community. Ilouno, a surgeon and public health physician regretted that many elderly persons were dying out of loneliness
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A health firm, Niphemy Solution Limited, with National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) have raised the alarm over possible outbreak of epidemics in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. They warned that residents of the area were danger of being hit by deadly scourge if something urgent was not done in
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Nneka Chidoka Outreach Program on Tuesday offered free medical services to over four hundred persons in Onitsha, Anambra State. The event is the third edition of the Foundation’s Medical outreach after it was launched by the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka on behalf of the family in May this year in honor of
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No fewer than 2000 residents of Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State have benefited from free medical services of the Sir Emeka Offor foundation (SEOF). The beneficiaries, including the young and elderly were offered free tests, drugs, scan, eye glasses, counseling among other services in collaboration with Rotary club and Oraifite Improvement
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The presence of EG.5 or the sub-lineages of the coronavirus has been reported in Uganda, Egypt, Cape Verde, and South Africa, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said. On August 9, 2023, the World Health Organisation designated EG.5, a descendant lineage of XBB.1.9.2, and its sub-lineages as a variant of interest, following the
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LANDIKOTAL: A special polio vaccination campaign called Fractional Injectable Polio Vaccine (FIPV) drive underway in different parts of district Khyber to boost the immunity of children to protect them from an environmental sample of polio virus detected in Naray Khwar area of Peshawar adjacent to district Khyber, polio officials said on Sunday. District Khyber polio
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The Anambra State Government has sanctioned two hospitals for demanding extra money from patients of Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA) for services covered by the health insurance scheme. Managing Director of the Agency (ASHIA), Dr. Simeon Beluonwu Onyemaechi, who disclosed this in his office in Awka, said government frowned on the development as it
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The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned citizens to desist from using chemicals or other unnatural methods to ripen consumable fruits, as such has a lot of very harmful irreversible health hazards. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke during the South- East Zone Media Sensitization Workshop on
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The Deputy President of Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) in the Southern zone of Nigeria, Comrade Charles Nwoye has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene over what he described as huge marginalization of his members in federal appointments in the health sector. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Nnewi, Anambra State, Comrade Nwoye said
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed worry over menace of drug hawking and artificial ripening of fruits with calcium carbides across the country. It described drug hawkers as merchants of deaths, stressing that their activities are not only illegal but wicked. Delivering a lecture on Tuesday in Awka,
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Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo in collaboration with Smile Train organisation, provided free reconstructive surgeries to children born with cleft lips and palate across the state. She said the free surgeries was to give every child with a cleft lip and palate the opportunity to reclaim their dignity. Soludo who spoke
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The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Anambra State, Ass. Prof. Joseph Ugboaja says the future of the health institution is the permanent site. This according to him was the reason his administration is putting everything into the movement of the hospital to her permanent site. This assertion was
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A human rights activist, Dede Uzor Uzor has described as inhuman treatment metted to a 26-year old man, Ugochukwu Ukoha by management of a private hospital in Onitsha, Anambra State. The victim was reportedly rushed to the hospital by his sisters after he was macheted during a fight in their compound at No. 22 Ebenesi Street,
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Communities in Anambra State have been urged to take ownership of Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in their domain by protecting their facilities from being vandalised. The State Coordinator, Civil Societies in Malaria, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN), Chioma Okeke, gave the charge on Friday during a media engagement on COVID-19 response mechanism/Resilient and Sustainable system for
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